A Chicago man was arrested this week on charges alleging he entered the U.S. Capitol with his father during the Jan. 6 riot and took photos of the mayhem while wearing a “Trump 2020″ flag as a cape. Matthew Bokoski, 31, of the city’s Uptown neighborhood, was arrested by federal agents on Wednesday.
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they push barricades to storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C on Jan. 6, 2021.
Bokoski was at least the 28th Illinoisan to have been charged so far in the Capitol breach, an ongoing investigation that has been described by prosecutors as the largest criminal investigation in the country’s history.Matthew Bokoski, 31, of Chicago, above, is allegedly seen in a surveillance image after he entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, wearing a"Trump 2020" flag as a cape. Authorities say his father, Bradley James Bokoski, 58, of Utah, is shown in the foreground.
According to the complaint, Bokoski and his father, Bradley James Bokoski, 58, of Utah, traveled to Washington to hear President Donald Trump speak at a rally on Jan. 6 and then followed the crowd to the Capitol grounds, where at about 2:45 p.m. they entered through breached Senate Parliamentarian door.
“So only thing I’m guilty of is trespassing on federal property if you want to get down to it,” Bokoski wrote in another post the next day, according to the complaint. “I kept my distance from police and even thanked them for being out and making sure things don’t get insane.”
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