A 50-year-old man was arrested this Thursday in the United States after boasting on social networks of having participated in the invasion of the Capitol on January 6. The New Yorker notably posted photos on Facebook attesting to his presence inside the seat of the US government.
US justice indicted a 50-year-old New Yorker, notably using a conversation on the dating app Bumble where the assailant boasted of having participated in the invasion of the Capitol in Washington in January. Robert Chapman, 50, residing in Yonkers, New York, is accused of illegally entering the grounds of Congress, according to an FBI arrest warrant dated Thursday.
“I invaded the Capitol”
On January 6, a crowd of supporters of Donald Trump, encouraged by the Republican billionaire, stormed the Capitol to challenge the certification of the results of the presidential election of November 2020 and the victory of Joe Biden. A week later, Robert Chapman told someone he was chatting with about Bumble that he had been part of the riot group.
“I invaded the Capitol. I even arrived as far as Statuary Hall!”, He had trumpeted in a conversation, the screenshot of which was broadcast by the American justice system. “We are not compatible,” replied the other person, laconic, who then hastened to contact the police.
Conditional release for the accused
After this report, an FBI agent studied security camera footage to identify Robert Chapman, who was in that room on the Capitol during the riots. The FBI also found photos and messages posted on Facebook, which attest to the presence of Robert Chapman inside the seat of the United States government on January 6.
According to New York television station WNBC, Robert Chapman was arrested Thursday in the town of Carmel, New York, and appeared by video conference in federal court. He was then released on parole.
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