World News | Son of Conservative Activist Charged in Capitol Riot
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The son of a prominent conservative activist is accused of being inside the U.S. Capitol during the deadly riot on January 6.
Harrisburg, Feb 17 (AP) The son of a prominent conservative activist is accused of being inside the U.S. Capitol during the deadly riot on January 6.
Leo Brent Bozell IV, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, was charged with obstructing an official proceeding, entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct in a newly unsealed FBI affidavit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. Bozell is the son of Brent Bozell III, who founded the Media Research Center, Parents Television Council and other conservative media organisations.
Bozell, 41, was identified by tipsters in part by the Hershey Christian Academy sweatshirt he was wearing that day, according to the 12-page affidavit. The academy is a private Christian school in central Pennsylvania where he coached girls' basketball.
The affidavit shows images from videos of Bozell wearing a Hershey Christian Academy sweatshirt while in the Senate chamber and exiting the Capitol.
At one point while on the Senate balcony, Bozell moved a video camera feeding video to C-SPAN so that it pointed at the ground as rioters began to stream onto the Senate floor, the affidavit said. That prevented the camera from further recording rioters entering the Senate chamber, the affidavit said.
The lawyer named on the docket as Bozell's defense lawyer did not return an email Wednesday. (AP)
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