Hawaii Proud Boys leader seen smoking during Capitol riot to appear in federal court in Honolulu
Hawaii Proud Boys leader Nick Ochs is anticipated to appear in federal court in Honolulu on Monday after flying again from Washington, D.C., the place he allegedly stormed the U.S. Capitol with a crowd of pro-Trump demonstrators, interrupting the official Electoral College certification.
Nicholas “Nick” R. Ochs, a resident of Hawaii, has been charged with one rely of illegal entry into restricted buildings or grounds. He is the leader of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys group and has the phrases “PROUD BOY” tattooed on his proper forearm, in accordance to court paperwork. He was arrested at Daniel Ok. Inouye International Airport in Hawaii on Thursday.
At 4:13 p.m. on Jan. 6, Ochs shared a selfie showing to smoke a cigarette with one other man contained in the Capitol. The picture was captioned “Hello from the Capital lol” and was shared by @OchsforHawaii.
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Ochs later admitted to a CNN reporter that he entered the Capitol, and CNN printed {a photograph} that seems to depict Ochs in the group strolling via the Capitol halls, in accordance to the criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
“We didn’t have to break in, I just walked in and filmed,” Ochs informed CNN.
However, investigators famous some rioters pushed over barricades and shoved law enforcement officials out of the way in which to enter the Capitol, whereas others scaled partitions and broke home windows.
“There were thousands of people in there – they had no control of the situation. I didn’t get stopped or questioned,” Ochs additionally informed CNN as soon as contained in the constructing, claiming that he was working as a “professional journalist” and didn’t enter any workplaces or chambers.
Ochs is anticipated to appear earlier than Mag. Judge Wes Reber Porter on Monday. He will probably be extradited again to D.C. for trial.
FBI Special Agent Roger R. Dean recognized Ochs in pictures taken Jan. 6 contained in the Capitol not solely from context, but additionally from evaluating the picture to pictures of Ochs from his 2020 bid for election to the Hawaii State Legislature, in accordance to the felony grievance.
Ochs ran for election to be the Republican consultant for Hawaii House District 22. He was defeated by 28-year-old Democrat Adrian Tam, who carried 63% of the vote, KITV reported.
The Proud Boys have been vocal for the reason that 2020 presidential election in calling for motion “over the false claim that President Trump lost the election due to widespread voter fraud,” Dean wrote in the grievance.
“Some members have advocated for violent action to achieve these ends. Self-identified members of the Proud Boys descended on Washington, D.C. earlier this week, as part of activities planned to protest the certification of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election results,” Dean continued.
In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file picture, violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Another Proud Boys leader, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, who lives in Miami, was arrested in Washington, D.C. two days prior to the Capitol Hill riot. He was charged over allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter banner outdoors a historic Black church in December during demonstrations in the nation’s capital, the place pro-Trump supporters and Proud Boys clashed with native activists and Antifa.
Tarrio was banned from the District of Columbia Tuesday.
On Nov. 16, 2020, Och posted to social media web site Parler, sharing a tweet by President Trump declaring “I WON THE ELECTION.”
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According to the grievance, Och acknowledged, “Show this tweet to the leftists and say they won’t do sh** when he just keeps being president. Don’t say it was stolen or rigged. Just say we’re doing it and they won’t fight back. They are getting scared, and they don’t function when they’re scared.”
Parler went offline Monday after Amazon booted it from its servers. Apple and Google had already eliminated the app from their perspective shops over issues about messages inciting additional violence after the riot on Capitol Hill.
At least 5 folks, together with a U.S. Capitol police officer, died as a consequence of the riot. A protester, who was a U.S. Air Force veteran, was fatally shot by police contained in the Capitol constructing.
The FBI confirmed to Fox News Monday that it has acquired over 40,000 digital media ideas, together with video and pictures, from the general public, which might be used to assist establish extra suspects.
