THE FBI have been actively arresting Trump supporters who allegedly advocated and participated in the deadly US Capitol riot on January 6.
So far, authorities have taken over 100 people into custody and have over 200 cases open and under investigation.
Who has been arrested for the Capitol riots?
The Capitol Hill riot on January 6 changed the course of security in Washington DC.
The insurrection claimed the lives of five people and resulted in several life-threatening injuries as police attempted to contain the ruckus outside the building.
While many made it out of the building unscathed, the FBI have arrested over a hundred alleged participants who caused chaos inside the Capitol.
Here is who has been taken into custody so far:
Richard “Bigo” Barnett
Richard “Bigo” Barnett, 60, also known as “Bigo” was one of the rioters who broke into the US Capitol in an effort to intimidate Congress leaders as they were certifying the Electoral College votes.
Barnett found Pelosi’s office and managed to sit down on her desk with his legs on top of her belongings.
After he walked out, he was photographed outside the Capitol holding an envelope he said he removed from Pelosi’s office.
Two days after he barged into the House speaker’s office, cops arrested him for the illegal stunt.
The Justice Department announced Barnett’s arrest on January 7, saying that he was taken into custody for “illegally entering” Pelosi’s office and taking her mail.
Barnett was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds as well as the theft of public property, according to a criminal complaint.
Jake Angeli
Jake “Angeli” Chansley, 32, aka “QAnon Shaman” was also arrested for storming into the Capitol.
Angeli was pictured screaming in the chamber and clutching a megaphone and made his way into the Senate chamber.
He was seen standing behind the dais in the Senate chamber where just moments earlier Vice President Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi had been.
Arizona Judge Deborah Fine denied Angeli’s release from a pretrial detention hearing on Friday, saying she was convinced he was involved “in a violent insurrection” that could have proved even deadlier than it was.
Angeli was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to federal authorities.
Angeli told ABC 15 last week that he was not worried about charges.
“I’m not really all that worried about it because, in all honesty … I didn’t break any laws. I walked through open doors,” he said.
During his Monday hearing, he did not make any statements regarding the charges against him.
Tim ‘Baked Alaska’ Gionet
Tim “Baked Alaska” Gionet was arrested on January 16 over his alleged involvement in the riot.
Gionet posted video that showed Trump supporters in Make America Great Again and God Bless Trump hats as they milled around and took selfies.
The Trump supporters talked among themselves, laughed, and told the officers and each other: “This is only the beginning.”
Gionet streamed about 20 minutes of material inside the Capitol building and 16,000 people watched, according to Business Insider.
“Let’s call Trump! Let’s call Trump!” he can be heard saying.
He faces charges of violent and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority, according to the US Department of Justice.
Jenny Cudd
Jenny Cudd, a resident of Midland, Texas was one of the Trump supporters who rioted at the US Capitol in an effort to “stop the steal” of votes for the 2020 election.
Cudd bragged about being at the scene while wearing a Trump flag in a Facebook live video saying: “I want to let you know what actually happened today. When Pence betrayed us is when we decided to storm the Capitol…”
Adding: “We didn’t vandalize anything but we did, as I say that, break down Nancy Pelosi’s office door and somebody stole her gavel and took a picture sitting in the chair flipping off the camera.”
The video had received over 3million views on the platform before it was deleted.
Cudd was arrested and charged on January 13 with entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct.
She bonded out of jail that afternoon.
Eric Munchel/Lisa Eisenhart
Eric Munchel, 30, and his mother Lisa Eisenhart, 57, were one of the many rioters who were spotted inside the Capitol building.
Munchel, a former bartender, was seen carrying plastic restraints and a cell phone mounted on his chest, ostensibly to record events that day.
Additionally, Eisenhart, who is a nurse at a hospital, claimed to have driven her and her son from Tennessee to Washington DC in an effort to protest the “stealing of votes” by the Democrats.
Munchel and Eisenhart managed to breach the building and climbed over the chairs.
Munchel was arrested in Nashville and charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
Eisenhart was arrested on January 16 by FBI agents in Nashville and charged with conspiracy “with persons known and unknown.”