LA Republican arrested on Jan. 6 charges after posting 'livestream from inside the Capitol': report

Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) officials arrested Los Angeles County Republican Party official Siaka Massaquoi last week in Los Angeles International Airport on misdemeanor charges related to his participation in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, LA Times reports.

Per the report, "Authorities raided Massaquoi's North Hollywood home in June 2021 because of his associations on 'a social media app,' a law enforcement source said at the time. Massaquoi posted an Instagram video after the raid in which he said, “I did nothing wrong on the 6th ... did nothing violent."

More than two years later, the columnist for right-wing news outlet Red State recently took to Twitter/X to share a video "of a livestream from inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, writing: 'Witness why I was raided 2 years ago and recently arrested and charged Nov 30th 2023 almost 3 years later.'"

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LA Times reports:

The 71-second video shared by Massaquoi on Saturday appears to show him holding his phone up to record or stream video among about a dozen protesters, some with their faces covered or wearing Trump 2020 hats, crowded at the threshold of a door into the Capitol. Dozens of Capitol Police officers, many in riot gear, fill the hallway and appear to be trying to get the Trump supporters out of the building. Some of those in the video say they are 'trying' to leave but are blocked by the crowds.

Massaquoi's charges include "trespassing, disorderly conduct and parading or demonstrating in a Capitol building, and he was held in jail overnight and released on a $1,000 bond Friday, Red State reported," according to the LA Times.

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