Matthew Graves, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, held a press conference on Thursday to discuss the third anniversary of the January 6th U.S. Capitol protests.
“It’s been three years since a violent mob attacked our Capitol,” Graves said.
According to C-SPAN, Graves “spoke on the progress of the investigations” and he requested “the public’s continued assistance in identifying individuals who committed crimes on January 6th.”
In other words, the Department of Justice will continue its persecution of J6 protestors three years later.
Graves said during the press conference they would expand their search to individuals who stood outside the U.S. Capitol and never entered the building.
“An important note when it comes to our prosecutions of those who remained outside the [Capitol] building. We have used our prosecutorial discretion to primarily focus on those who entered the building or those who engaged in violent or corrupt conduct on Capitol grounds,” Graves said.
“But, if a person knowingly entered the restricted area without authorization, they had already committed a federal crime. Make no mistake. Thousands of people occupied an area they were not authorized to be present in the first place,” he added.
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DC U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves is making clear that the DOJ is now going to target Americans who were around the Capitol on J6 but did not enter the building pic.twitter.com/bj4i3QfHe9
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) January 6, 2024
“They are going to prosecute innocent people that didn’t even go in the Capitol, who had no idea about any lines they crossed on Capitol grounds that the American taxpayers pay for, while not prosecuting over 60% of daily crime in DC,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said.
They are going to prosecute innocent people that didn’t even go in the Capitol,who had no idea about any lines they crossed on Capitol grounds that the American taxpayers pay for, while not prosecuting over 60% of daily crime in DC.
These are the “defenders” of democracy.
If only… https://t.co/U0MstaIV9O— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) January 7, 2024
“He’s talking about the public lawn of the Capitol. This is how insane these people are,” Jack Posobiec commented.
He’s talking about the public lawn of the Capitol
This is how insane these people are https://t.co/RVp80S37bQ
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 6, 2024
“I warned this was coming. My case was precedent setting. Make no mistake, the message here is: If you’re a Trump supporter, or any right wing anti-establishment candidate, you have no 1st Amendment rights. You will be charged & incarcerated for speaking, reporting or protesting,” Owen Shroyer said.
I warned this was coming. My case was precedent setting. Make no mistake, the message here is: If you're a Trump supporter, or any right wing anti-establishment candidate, you have no 1st Amendment rights. You will be charged & incarcerated for speaking, reporting or protesting. https://t.co/suFrOQwf8y
— Owen Shroyer (@OwenShroyer1776) January 6, 2024
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On top of being insane, this is also a blatant lie. @CowboyCouy, @OwenShroyer1776 , and I are 3 examples of people who never entered the building and never engaged in any violent conduct.
*Coincidentally*, we’re also 3 outspoken people who work in politics and/or political… https://t.co/uJu6oKawPb
— Brandon Straka (@BrandonStraka) January 6, 2024
Dear House Republicans:
Outrageous.
Next appropriations rider:
“No federal funds may be used to prosecute any non-violent January 6th protester who did not trespass inside the Capitol building.”
And haul in Biden DC U.S. Matthew Graves.
Make him publicly testify and explain. https://t.co/1m6kUacD9j
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) January 6, 2024
3.2 million illegals invaded our country in 2023 but the regime is busy rounding up MAGA for walking on a lawn in 2021. https://t.co/D2YLlB0wBn
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 6, 2024
The US government is using J6 sentencing to set a precedent for future events.
They're sending a clear message to Americans:
If you even dare to stand up against our corruption, we will destroy your life.
This is how a government acts when preparing for further tyranny. https://t.co/Bg6jKqMcgh
— SOVEREIGN BRAH 🇺🇸🏛️⚡️ (@sovereignbrah) January 6, 2024
If the United States saw what the United States was doing to the citizens of the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the citizens of the United States. https://t.co/pOIbq1Qvzj
— Michael Seifert (@realmichaelseif) January 6, 2024
kGB like behavior https://t.co/pcZc77X1NW
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) January 6, 2024
Aging leftist yells get off my lawn https://t.co/aCDzzU3tVY
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) January 6, 2024
These political arsonists would arrest anyone with a Trump flag hanging from their house if they could. https://t.co/N8iWBaskbU
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 6, 2024
Exactly three years after the J6 Capitol protests, the FBI arrested three individuals in a pre-dawn raid Saturday morning.
“FBI arrests Jan. 6 fugitives early this morning in Lake County, FL. The trio is in federal custody and will appear in federal court on Monday, 01-08 in Ocala, FL,” FBI Tampa said Saturday.
#NEW #FBI arrests Jan. 6 fugitives early this morning in Lake County, FL. The trio is in federal custody and will appear in federal court on Monday, 01-08 in Ocala, FL. @FBIWFO @USAO_MDFL @USAO_DC https://t.co/d9PNhy5q4c pic.twitter.com/17vNfAZKzg
— FBI Tampa (@FBITampa) January 6, 2024
— FBI Tampa (@FBITampa) January 6, 2024
Per CBS News:
Authorities arrested three Jan. 6 fugitives on Saturday, three years to the day after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.
The three people being sought were: Jonathan Daniel Pollock, Olivia Michele Pollock and Joseph Daniel Hutchinson III.
Jonathan Pollock, 23, has been accused of assaulting multiple police officers with a deadly weapon. Authorities have been searching for him since 2022, according to an FBI bulletin.
Olivia Pollock, who is Jonathan Pollock’s sister, and Hutchinson were arrested in 2021 after being charged with assaulting law enforcement and other crimes. CBS News previously reported that they both removed their ankle monitors in March 2023 and disappeared before they were set to stand trial.
The FBI said in a statement that the three were captured when agents from the agency’s Tampa field office executed federal arrest warrants early Saturday morning at a ranch in Groveland, Florida.
The FBI did not provide any information on how the three were arrested, or what led them to look at the ranch in Florida’s Lake County.