FL Man Stormed U.S. Capitol With His Parents On Jan. 6: U.S. DOJ

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Bradenton man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with his parents on Jan. 6, 2021, faces charges related to his actions during the building’s breach, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.

John Anthony Schubert III, 47, who was part of a mob that disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that met to count the electoral votes of the 2020 presidential election that day, was arrested Wednesday in Bradenton.

His felony offenses include civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, the DOJ said.

Schubert also faces various misdemeanors, including knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings; and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in any of the Capitol buildings.

Schubert was part of the initial breach of police barricades at the Peace Circle on Pennsylvania Avenue NW and First Street NW, which happened just before 1 p.m., the DOJ said. He pushed past the police barriers and appeared to encourage other rioters to do the same.

From the Peace Circle, Schubert continued towards the Capitol and confronted police officers near the stage erected for the inauguration. There, he approached the officers, pushed back against the police lines and threw a punch at one officer. He was sprayed by officers with a chemical irritant.

He was later identified as illegally entering the Capitol building through a broken window next to the Senate Wing doors just before 2:30 p.m. He helped his parents — Amy and John Schubert, Jr. — enter the building through the same broken window.

Closed Circuit Television footage from the building shows him walking to various locations in the Capitol building, including the Rotunda and Statuary Hall, before reaching the Upper House Door area. He remained in that area for about 10 minutes before leaving the building through the East Front House door around 3 p.m.

His parents were arrested on July 26, 2021, on various charges, and they entered a plea agreement on Dec. 3, 2021, DOJ records show. They were sentenced on March 8, 2022, to 18 months of probation.