A suspected member of the Oath Keepers militia who supplied safety for Roger J. Stone Jr. on the day the Capitol was attacked has been arrested in
A suspected member of the Oath Keepers militia who supplied safety for Roger J. Stone Jr. on the day the Capitol was attacked has been arrested in reference to the riot, federal authorities stated on Monday.
The person, Robert Minuta, was anticipated to seem on Monday afternoon in federal court docket in White Plains, N.Y. to face expenses stemming from the siege. The paperwork containing the precise crimes that Mr. Minuta is alleged to have dedicated weren’t made public upfront of the listening to.
Final month, The New York Occasions and different media retailers recognized Mr. Minuta, who owns a tattoo parlor in upstate New York, as one in every of six individuals with ties to the Oath Keepers who guarded Mr. Stone, a detailed ally and adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, on the morning of Jan. 6 or the day earlier than.
Mr. Stone, whose sentence for seven felony expenses was commuted by Mr. Trump, was in Washington on the day the then-president spoke to a crowd forward of the assault on the Capitol. Mr. Stone has denied any involvement within the assault, posting a message on-line decrying the riot as “the lawless acts on the Capitol.”