A file photo shows rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. The FBI has opened a portal to accept tips and digital media depicting rioting and violence in and around the Capitol on Jan 6, when a mob supporting President Donald Trump swarmed the building, scaling walls, breaking windows and beating police officers. — AP
The FBI arrested one man after a co-worker at a western Maryland restaurant reported seeing him in images of people assaulting the US Capitol. A Texas man was charged after his ex-wife recognised him in a social-media video and called authorities, noting that it was a good picture.
Perhaps the most easily recognised interloper wore the same bearskin headdress with horns, and carried the same six-foot spear, as he did on his Facebook page. Prosecutors called it “distinctive attire” in charging documents.
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