Overview

• Vitali GossJankowski faces a courtroom brawl after U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman orders his detention due to threatening social media posts targeting federal agents.
• The decision to jail GossJankowski, pending sentencing, provoked violent resistance, requiring several federal agents to restrain the 6'3" muscular defendant.
• GossJankowski, found guilty of assaulting officers during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, is accused of sending multiple antisemitic and intimidating texts to federal agents involved in his case.
• Initially on pre-sentence release, GossJankowski reportedly escalated his conduct, harassing members of law enforcement and the FBI, leading to doxxing threats deemed 'extremely troubling and dangerous' by the judge.
• Despite GossJankowski's attorney characterizing the incident as a 'confusing and emotional moment,' arguing it contradicted the defendant's previously demonstrated character, Judge Friedman insisted that the threat was not in the defendant's views, but in those of his followers.