Federal authorities have charged a New York man in reference to the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol who was recognized as a result of he wore his highschool soccer varsity jacket when he joined the mob making an attempt to overturn the 2020 election for former President Donald Trump.
Brian Gundersen, a former varsity soccer participant for Byram Hills Excessive College in North Fort Township, New York, is going through costs after the FBI obtained tips on a person seen storming the Capitol whereas sporting a letterman’s jacket. The jacket included the title of his highschool and his former jersey quantity.
Federal authorities obtained a lot of tips on Gundersen, and the North Fort Township police chief referred to as the FBI’s New York Operations Middle to tell them concerning the man within the varsity jacket. Quite a few tipsters offered the FBI with images of Gundersen sporting the identical jacket, together with selfies he’d posted with Fox Information personalities.
An individual with an in depth private relationship with Gundersen, based on the feds, additionally stated that Gundersen was “an avid supporter of former President Trump and a follower of commentator Nick Fuentes,” a far-right white nationalist determine who was suspended from YouTube final 12 months for violating hate speech insurance policies.
Gundersen sat down with FBI brokers on the day earlier than President Joe Biden was inaugurated. He initially claimed that he by no means entered the U.S. Capitol however later admitted he had, however he claimed he was pushed into the constructing by the group. He consented to a search of his cellphone, which turned up a message wherein he referenced a photograph exhibiting members of Congress taking cowl throughout the assault on the Capitol as “scared little bitches.”
In a single message, despatched two days after the assault, Gundersen admitted his function within the assault.
“All of us stormed the us capital and tried to take over the federal government,” he wrote. “We failed however fuck it.”
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