![]() (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images) Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty ImagesĪlleged Oath Keeper charged in Capitol riot says he once worked for FBI and holds security clearance Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. TOPSHOT - Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. “Anytime a patriot stands up in defense of liberty, we need to be standing right there with him, shoulder-to-shoulder,” Rhodes said in a statement about the planned rally posted on the Oath Keepers website. ![]() Last May, when Minuta decided to reopen the tattoo parlor he runs in Newburgh, New York, in defiance of the governor’s Covid-19-related order to close nonessential businesses, Rhodes called on all Oath Keepers members within driving distance to attend a rally at Minuta’s shop. Minuta has previously received support from the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes. Minuta had also walked alongside former national security adviser Michael Flynn at a rally in Washington on December 12 and was interviewed by Alex Jones for his InfoWars program in a video posted on January 19, 2020, before a gun-rights rally in Virginia. He and other men appeared to be serving as bodyguards as Stone greeted his supporters and took pictures with them. Minuta’s wife told ABC News that Minuta had not entered the Capitol, but she confirmed he was “another patriot” outside the building “standing up for freedom.” Minuta has not been charged with a crime.īefore the Capitol incident, Minuta flanked Stone outside a hotel, as shown in a video first reported by ABC News. ![]() Someone who answered the phone at Minuta’s tattoo shop declined to comment to CNN and hung up. From The Black Conservative Preacher/Facebook Roberto Minuta and others flank political operative Roger Stone on the morning of January 6th. ![]()
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