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Prosecutors are asking a judge to bar a Capitol rioter from arguing that former President Donald Trump authorized him to attack the Capitol on January 6. Aaron Mostofsky, the son of a New York City judge, was photographed inside the Capitol wearing fur pelts, what appeared to be a police officer's bullet-proof vest and carrying a police officers' riot shield. Mostofsky's trial is set to begin in January and prosecutors are hoping to block him from using the "blame Trump" defense ... ..."The defendant will be unable to identify any remarks made by former President Trump that authorized that illegal...

Brooklyn ‘caveman’ sentenced to 8 months for storming Capitol during Jan. 6 riot; acted out ‘fantasy game,’ says judge A caveman-clad New Yorker who stormed the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection was acting out a stolen election “fantasy game,” said a federal judge who sentenced the rioter to eight months in prison on Friday. Aaron Mostofsky, 35 — the son of a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge — was photographed wearing a fur costume and a police bulletproof vest inside the Capitol. His sentencing came after he his guilty plea to a felony charge of civil disorder and...

FBI placed a warning of “armed protests” being planned at all 50 state capitols and Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day. Security has been stepped up in Washington following last week’s violent riot at the U.S Capitol where a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the building to prevent Congress from certifying the election. Citing “credible threats” against the popular landmark, the National Park Service has shut down the Washington Monument. However, the riots that happened on Jan. 6 are still causing concerns about the safety of the capitol as well as accusations by some GOP members that wasn’t only Trump supporters...

According to mainstream news sources, at least two of the people arrested at the Capitol riot are left wing activistsAssociated Press reported:NYC man arrested on Capitol riot charges freed on $100K bondJanuary 12, 2021NEW YORK (AP) — The son of a New York City judge who was arrested by the FBI on charges that he was among the protesters who stormed the U.S. Capitol was ordered Tuesday by a different judge to stay away from Washington.Aaron Mostofsky, 34, was picked up at his brother’s home in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, about a week after he was seen inside the Capitol...