Their faces have become emblematic of the violence that took place Wednesday in the heart of the Capitol, in Washington.
The American media have just announced the arrests of Jake Angeli, photographed in his buffalo skin, and Adam Johnson, seized with the desk of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
Friday morning, a dozen rioters had already been charged.
According to ABC News, the buffalo-headdress conspirator Jake Angeli was arrested on Saturday.
Real name Jacob Anthony Chansley, he called the FBI himself on Jan. 7, according to the prosecutor's office.
“Chansley said he came as part of a group effort, along with other
Arizona
Patriots
, at the President's request that all
Patriots
come to Washington on January 6, 2021,” the report said. investigators.
Shirtless, wearing an Amerindian headdress with buffalo horns, make-up, the “spiritual warrior”, as he describes himself, had magnetized photographers and cameras to the four corners of the Capitol.
Originally from Arizona, this thirty-something has already been seen many times during pro-Trump protests in Phoenix in recent months, systematically wearing his famous headdress.
He presents himself as a “digital soldier of QAnon”, the conspiratorial movement of which Donald Trump is the hero and which saw Wednesday's intrusion as a triumph.
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According to the statement from the US Attorney's Office, he is "accused of knowingly entering or remaining in a building or restricted land without legal authorization, as well as violent entry and disorderly conduct on the Capitol grounds" .
15 people charged
As for the "desk thief", he was arrested Friday evening.
Surprised taking Nancy Pelosi's desk, the thirty-something in the Trump cap spontaneously made a friendly sign to the photographer, all smiles.
He was quickly identified as Adam Johnson, a resident of Parrish, Florida, according to local press.
Arrested in Florida, Adam Johnson no longer smiles like in the photo that has toured the world (he had put images of him inside the Capitol on social networks 🤦)
We do not know if the desk of @SpeakerPelosi has been found, him.https: //t.co/jEO2U8Y3aB pic.twitter.com/nV6glwUIP3
- Xavier Yvon (@xavieryvon) January 9, 2021
He is accused of having entered or remained "knowingly in a building or restricted land without legal authorization, charges of theft of government property, charges of violent entry and disorderly conduct on the grounds of the Capitol", according to the American attorney.
Finally, Derrick Evans, elected to the parliament of the State of West Virginia, who had filmed himself breaking into Congress by shouting "Derrick Evans is on Capitol Hill!"
Was arrested Friday at his home and charged on Saturday with illegal trespassing and violent conduct.
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Further arrests will take place, US authorities promised Friday, after more than ten people were charged.
"We have literally hundreds of prosecutors and agents working from three command centers, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," said Ken Kohl, of the federal prosecutor's office in Washington.
The violence at the Capitol left five dead.