Two off-duty police officers from a small town in Virginia were charged with storming the U.S. Capitol together. One of them is heading to trial and faced a courtroom full of potential jurors on Monday. The other could be a key prosecution witness.
Robertson and Fracker drove with a neighbor to Washington on the morning of Jan. 6. Asays Robertson brought three gas masks for them to use. After listening to speeches near the Washington Monument, Fracker, Robertson and the neighbor walked toward the Capitol, donned the gas masks and joined the growing mob, the filing says.
“All thats left is violence and YOU and your ‘Friends on the other side of the isle’ have pushed Americans into that corner. The picture of Senators cowering on the floor with genuine fear on their faces is the most American thing I have seen in my life,” he wrote, according to prosecutors. Robertson was arrested a week after the riot and initially released from custody. But he has been jailed since Cooper ruled in July thatRobertson ordered 34 guns before June 29, when FBI agents searched his home in Ferrum, Virginia. The judge rejected the former officer's suggestion that the firearms simply were World War II collectibles.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Ex-police officer faces jury trial on Capitol riot chargesA trial starts this week for a former Virginia police officer charged with storming the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer who has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors
Read more »
Ex-Police Officer Faces Jury Trial on Capitol Riot ChargesOver a year ago, two off-duty police officers from a small town in Virginia were charged with storming the U.S. Capitol together. One of them is heading to trial and faced a courtroom full of potential jurors on Monday. The other could be a key prosecution witness.
Read more »
Jury selection begins for student's sentencing after killing 17 in Parkland shooting trialJury selection in the deadliest U.S. mass shooting ever to go to trial will begin Monday.
Read more »
Jury selection begins for student's sentencing after killing 17 in Parkland shooting trialJury selection in the deadliest U.S. mass shooting ever to go to trial will begin Monday.
Read more »
Parkland school shooter’s jury selection begins MondayJury selection in the deadliest mass shooting ever to go to trial is about to begin.
Read more »
Parkland shooting trial: Jury selection begins for student's sentencing after killing 17The convicted Parkland killer, Nikolas Cruz, now faces sentencing after pleading guilty to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS.
Read more »