It had its own “joint session.”
Federals have arrested a California man named “The Rotunda Capitol Doobie Smoker” after YouTube videos showed him allegedly lighting a marijuana cigarette inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Federal law enforcement forces killed 32-year-old Eduardo Nicolas Alvear González of Virginia in Virginia on Tuesday, accusing him of entering a restricted building, of disorderly or disturbing conduct, and of marching, demonstrating, or picketing inside. of Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, according to a criminal complaint.
“Here he is, taking off to the Capitol. Mary Jane, ”Gonzalez presumably brags in one of the videos.
Federal investigators say Gonzalez was part of a crowd that stormed the Capitol during a joint session of Congress certifying the victory of President Biden’s Electoral College.
A family member hinted to the FBI that Gonzalez was the bearded man seen in the videos wearing an olive sun hat, a long-sleeved shirt, a light green backpack, a black backpack and a red, white, and blue American flag. pants while smoking marijuana at the Capitol Roundabout.
In a video titled “Man Smoking a Doobie Grass to Donald Trump Supporters from the Capitol Dome,” Gonzalez can be seen blowing smoke through his mouth as he
another individual asks “what variety of weeds is this?” says the complaint.
In a second YouTube titled “The Capitol Smoker Rotunda Doobie,” someone asks Gonzalez why he smokes weed inside the Capitol and he responds, “Freedom,” the FBI says.
Gonzalez, of Ventura, appeared in federal court in Virginia on Friday.
Prosecutors say he is a fan of the spread of online conspiracy theories that is aligned with QAnon, a movement favored by right-wing extremists.
Defense attorney Rodolfo Cejas defended his client saying that believing in conspiracy theories is not illegal.
“It simply came to our notice then. It can be a variety of things. It’s not a crime, “he said.
More than 200 people have been arrested and federally charged with breaking into Capitol Hill during the riot that killed five people, including a Capitol police officer.
With publishing cables