West Virginia Lawmaker Facing Federal Charges In Capitol Riot

Updated Saturday, 5:10 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON, DC — Four more people are facing federal charges in connection with Wednesday’s riot during which a mob supporting President Donald Trump overwhelmed police and stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Among them is Derrick Evans, a newly elected member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Evans was arrested Friday after he livestreamed himself rushing into the U.S. Capitol with other pro-Trump supporters.

According to a release by the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, D.C., Evans, 35, was charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds.

Authorities on Saturday also arrested Jacob Anthony Chansley of Arizona, who goes by the alias Jake Angeli or QAnon Shaman to his followers.

Chansley — photographed at the Capitol with a painted face, fur hat, and a helmet with horns — was arrested Saturday. He is facing federal charges of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, as well as with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

The third arrest was 36-year-old Adam Christian Johnson, who was photographed carrying Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's lectern. Johnson was arrested Friday night and booked into Pinellas County jail in Florida, where he's currently being held.

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Finally, authorities arrested and filed federal charges against Nicholas Ochs, founder of Proud Boys Hawaii. Ochs was arrested Friday night at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. He is also facing a charge of unlawful entry into a restricted building.

Law enforcement officials are still working to identify, locate and arrest others involved in storming the U.S. Capitol building as lawmakers were attempting to certify Electoral College results.

More than 80 people were arrested this week by the D.C. Metro police, Capitol Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with Wednesday's insurrection.

The U.S. Attorney's office in Washington D.C. on Friday announced dozens of new charges against members of the crowd that violently stormed the Capitol.

Thirteen people were charged with federal crimes on Friday, and at least 40 others are facing charges in D.C. Superior Court regarding offenses including unlawful entry, curfew violations and firearms-related crimes.

“The lawless destruction of the U.S. Capitol building was an attack against one of our Nation’s greatest institutions,” Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin said in a news release. “We are resolute in our commitment to holding accountable anyone responsible for these disgraceful criminal acts; and to anyone who might be considering engaging in or inciting violence in the coming weeks, know this: You will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Those charged in federal court Friday include:

• Cleveland Meredith
• Richard Barnett, Arkansas
• Lonnie Coffman, Alabama
• Mark Leffingwell
• Christopher Alberts, Maryland
• Joshua Pruitt
• Matthew Council, Florida
• Cindy Fitchett, Virginia
• Michael Curzio, Florida
• Douglas Sweet, Florida
• Bradley Ruskelas, Illinois
• Terry Brown, Pennsylvania
• Thomas Gallagher

“To be clear, what took place that day was not First Amendment-protected activity, but rather an affront on our democracy," FBI director Christopher Wray said in the release.

Among those arrested Friday was Richard Barnett, who was charged in federal court. Barnett, who was photographed sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the riots, was arrested in Arkansas and charged with entering and remaining on restricted grounds, violent entry and theft of public property, CNBC said it was told by law enforcement officials.

Meanwhile, police in Washington said Friday that after asking public assistance into Wednesday’s insurgence at the Capitol, they have received more than 17,000 tips regarding people who may have been involved.

The people who have been arrested this week are from Washington, D.C., and 17 other states, officials said, while the home states of 11 of the people taken into custody were not immediately known.

In a social media post on Thursday, the FBI’s Washington field office posted 10 photos of people who federal officials said made unlawful entry into the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday. The post came after the FBI created a database for the public to enter tips that would help authorities identify persons who breached the Capitol building during the unrest that involved the deaths of five people, including a Capitol police officer who was identified Friday as Brian D. Sicknick.

On Friday, the FBI announced it was offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of someone who police said placed pipe bombs at two locations in Washington on Wednesday, including outside the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee.

Capitol Police officials released the names of those who died on Wednesday and said Friday that Sicknick — the New Jersey-born Capitol police officer who died — was injured while physically engaging with protesters. According to officials, Sicknick collapsed after returning to police headquarters and was rushed to a local hospital, where he died Thursday night.

On Friday, Pelosi ordered flags at the Capitol to be flown at half-staff.

“The violent and deadly act of insurrection targeting the Capitol, our temple of American democracy, and its workers was a profound tragedy and stain on our nation’s history," Pelosi said in a statement. "But because of the heroism of our first responders and the determination of the Congress, we were not, and we will never be, diverted from our duty to the Constitution and the American people.”