PHOENIX (3TV / CBS 5) – A man was arrested Tuesday in Phoenix in connection with the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. According to the federal complaint, FBI officials say Micajah Joel Jackson was among the crowds of former President Donald Trump’s supporter and attended the storming of the U.S. Capitol during a joint session of Congress. Members of the House and Senate were in the process of confirming the electoral college vote count for the 2020 presidential election. Micajah Jackson at the US Capitol Uprising on January 6, 2021. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation An FBI special agent informed publicly notified authorities that a person allegedly involved in the storming of the Capitol building had videos of their activities on Instagram. The videos appeared to have been recorded by someone later identified as Jackson by officials who broke through the building after the crowd smashed windows and doors to get inside. Authorities gathered photos Jackson took on social media the morning of January 6 in distinctive clothing in a hotel room and compared them to the multiple videos on social media that Jackson and members of the Proud Boys reportedly posted on March to the Capitol featured chapters from Arizona, chants in front of the building with the crowd, and finally videos and photos showing Jackson inside. Micajah Jackson in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI agents checked CCTV footage from inside the Capitol while Jackson was simultaneously posting photos and videos on his social media accounts. Jackson recorded a video or streamed a video on his cell phone while he was inside, officials say. Court documents compared screenshots matching the CCTV footage with the video uploaded to Jackson’s social media accounts. According to the FBI, Jackson eventually left the Capitol in public photos and videos on the Capitol’s Central East Stairs and Eastern Plaza. Court documents compared screenshots matching the CCTV footage with the video uploaded to Jackson’s social media accounts. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation On March 24th, FBI agents visited Jackson’s house and questioned him about his involvement in the riot in the US Capitol. Jackson allegedly said he knowingly entered and stayed in the U.S. Capitol without permission. Jackson also confirmed the Instagram accounts known to the FBI as his. Jackson said he went to DC to attend the rally scheduled that day and said the orange ribbon on his arm was given to him by the Proud Boys of Arizona. Jackson claimed he knew nothing about the Proud Boys and was unrelated to them before January 6, and only met with them because he wanted to meet other people from Arizona. Jackson surrendered himself Tuesday and was arrested in Phoenix. Jackson is charged with knowingly entering or staying in a restricted building without the legal authority to do so, with the intent to obstruct or disrupt the proper conduct of government business in a restricted building, and willfully and knowingly make noises , utter threatening or offensive language, or behave in a messy or disruptive manner anywhere on the premises of one of the Capitol buildings. Copyright 2021 KPHO / KTVK (KPHO Rundfunkgesellschaft). All rights reserved.
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