- A former Army captain has been arrested in connection with the January 6 riot at the Capitol.
- The FBI said that Gabriel Augustin Garcia published live footage from inside the building.
- 'We just went ahead and stormed the Capitol,' Garcia says in the video footage, according to an FBI document.
A former army captain has been arrested in connection with the Capitol riot on January 6 after allegedly uploading live footage of the failed insurrection to Facebook and stating that he had just "stormed" the Capitol.
Gabriel Augustin Garcia, a Trump supporter and reported member of the right-wing group Proud Boys, was $4 on charges of civil disorder, entering a restricted building, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to the Department of Justice.
According to $4, which was cited by NBC
According to the document, Garcia turned the camera to himself while filming and says: "We just went ahead and stormed the Capitol. It's about to get ugly." A crowd around him chants "Our house!"
The document suggests that Garcia then stands close to Capitol police officers, calling them "f*cking traitors," and later says loudly "Nancy come out and play," seemingly a reference to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, who led impeachment efforts against Trump, last week said that among the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6 was an "$4" hunting for Pelosi.
The document states that at a later point, Garcia shouts "Free Enrique," an apparent reference to Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys leader who was $4 for allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter banner.
The FBI has arrested scores of suspected participants in the Capitol riot two weeks ago, where hundreds of pro-Trump protestors broke into the building while Congress met to certify President Joe Biden's election victory.
Christopher Wray, the FBI director, said $4 as of Thursday last week among more than 200 identified suspects.
Garcia's attorney Aubrey Webb $4 that he would be freed from custody Thursday.
"Mr. Garcia is entitled to due process of law as all Americans are - regardless of their political beliefs," he told the outlet, adding that Garcia had served in the US army.