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Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller charged for role in Capitol riot
NY Post ^ | January 13, 2021 | Ben Feuerherd and Tamar Lapin

Posted on 01/13/2021 6:57:36 PM PST by conservative98

Former Olympic swimming gold medalist Klete Keller was hit with federal charges Wednesday for his role in last week’s US Capitol riot — after he was caught on footage wearing his Team USA jacket at the siege, according to new court papers.

A criminal complaint filed Washington D.C. federal court charges Keller, 38, with obstructing law enforcement during civil disorder, knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

The two-time gold medal winner was allegedly spotted in a video from inside the Capitol Rotunda posted last Wednesday by a reporter for the conservative news outlet Townhall.

The FBI confirmed reporting from swimming website SwimSwam that identified Keller as a bearded man seen in the clip wearing a Team USA Olympic jacket, the complaint states.

“PERSON 1 can be seen standing in the Rotunda still wearing the dark-colored USA jacket, which also appears to bear a Nike logo on the front right side and a red and white Olympic patch on the front left side,” an FBI agent wrote in court docs filed Wednesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrest; capitolriot; christopherwray; deepstate; fakenews; fbi; kletekeller; olympicmedalist; olympics; peaceful; standing; swimmer; swimming; townhall
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1 posted on 01/13/2021 6:57:36 PM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

The FBI sure is quick in hunting down these Trump supporters.

A riot? Looks mostly peaceful. Town Hall, Stop snitching.

2 posted on 01/13/2021 6:58:41 PM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

SO?????!!!!


3 posted on 01/13/2021 6:58:44 PM PST by Library Steve (We are targets now)
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To: Library Steve

They want you to be afraid to protest.


4 posted on 01/13/2021 7:00:23 PM PST by hercuroc
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To: conservative98

Didn’t the Capitol police wave in many of the Trump people?


5 posted on 01/13/2021 7:01:21 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Donald J. Trump.....one of the BEST presidents in American history!)
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To: conservative98
Didn't the Capitol police invite them inside?

They should have burned something and spray painted BLM on the walls. It's a get out of jail free card.

6 posted on 01/13/2021 7:01:36 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: conservative98

These protesters need a class action lawsuit against the FBI, the DNC, Pelosi, Schumer, Capitol police and everyone else involved in this harassment.

They should sue for their civil rights being violated.

Too bad Lin Wood went bat bleep crazy. He would’ve been an excellent attorney to take the case on their behalf.


7 posted on 01/13/2021 7:06:45 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Trump is a deposed Pres. in exile. America is truly a banana republic. Our govt. has been overthrown)
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To: conservative98
Stop snitching.

Uh it's all on camera and people stupidly posted all about it on social media. The FBI will find and arrest everyone who entered... and folks could face extremely long sentences. Stupid.

8 posted on 01/13/2021 7:07:36 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: conservative98

He should of wore his mask!


9 posted on 01/13/2021 7:08:56 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: conservative98

It doesn’t matter who walked into the building. 100% of them, along with the mall cops guarding the place, need five licks with a cricket bat on their bare bun.


10 posted on 01/13/2021 7:09:30 PM PST by lurk ( )
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To: RightGeek

What happened at the Capitol was despicable and horrific. Each and every one of those terrorists need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. pic.twitter.com/jd5GyNIWzu— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 8, 2021

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You're a terrorist if you walk through an open door and are standing in the Rotunda?

12 posted on 01/13/2021 7:10:32 PM PST by conservative98
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To: RightGeek
The Velvet Rope Riot:


13 posted on 01/13/2021 7:11:42 PM PST by kiryandil (New Movie: The Assassination Of Ashli Babbitt By The Anonymous Coward)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Video:

https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1346918106375995392

The Olympian seems to be caught up in the crowd and is being pushed around. Where’s the crime?


14 posted on 01/13/2021 7:12:47 PM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

“The two-time gold medal winner was allegedly spotted in a video from inside the Capitol Rotunda posted last Wednesday by a reporter for the conservative news outlet Townhall.”

That’s ironic.


15 posted on 01/13/2021 7:12:54 PM PST by Meatspace
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To: conservative98

They’re going to have to build another prison to cage all those people. The cost will go into the tens of millions.


16 posted on 01/13/2021 7:13:10 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Alter Kaker

FU these people are patriots


17 posted on 01/13/2021 7:13:34 PM PST by ohioman
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

How many people just followed the crowd in thinking it was ok?


18 posted on 01/13/2021 7:13:50 PM PST by shaven_llama
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To: shaven_llama
How many people just followed the crowd in thinking it was ok?

From first hand accounts about 99%.

19 posted on 01/13/2021 7:16:12 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: ohioman

Patriots in the most disorganized revolution in all history.


20 posted on 01/13/2021 7:16:29 PM PST by Rebelbase (COVID misanthrope)
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