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Dozens of people have been arrested following the attack on the United States Congress last week. The FBI has said it has an overview of more than 200 people who they believe were present.
They warned that anyone who had a phone call inside the convention building on January 6 would receive a federal agent at the door.
One of them is said to be YouTuber Tim Gionet, who goes by the username “Baked Alaska” on the internet. He was arrested on Friday, according to the AP news agency.
Police believe Gionet is one of those who have broadcast live since the attack on Congress. His user on the broadcast website Dlive had a 27-minute broadcast from inside the building, the FBI writes in its documents.
Among other things, it will be the man who has filmed some of the photos in the following video:
Released
Now he’s under arrest by the FBI in Texas. He is charged with theft and staying in a limited access area without permission and disturbing.
In addition, he was wanted by a judge in his home state of Arizona, reports the local Arizona Republic newspaper.
The reason is that the judge believes that Gionet violates the terms of his probation by being in Washington DC.
Assault
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Gionet was on probation, after serving a sentence for assault.
He is convicted of ending up in a bar fight and using pepper spray against an employee at the nightclub.
The new FBI documents state that Gionet can be heard urging others not to leave Congress, even if asked by the police.
– Don’t worry guys, I’ll stay here, he says in one of the videos, according to the FBI.
Gionet also played a prominent role during the radical right-wing rally in Charlottesville in 2017, in which a counter-protester was beaten up and killed by a neo-Nazi.
It is unclear how Gionet responds to the accusation and the background to his name.
Former commentator
Moving out of the White House
Before Gionet established his own far-right social media talk show, he was a commentator on BuzzFeed, writes the New York Times.
He is also said to have marched in various anti-racism demonstrations.
Now, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories are among the topics he presents on his talk show. Among other things, he has claimed that there is a mass murder of the “white race” and that Jews control the media.
The New York Times reporter has even worked on Buzzfeed with Gionet. He claims that Gionet previously had a photo of left-wing senator Bernie Sanders on his desk, before he started wearing red Trump caps in the office.
