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FBI Arrests Key Participants in Jan. 6 Capitol Riots

Michael Haltom and Andy Steven Oliva-Lopez face multiple charges for their roles in the 2021 Capitol breach, marking significant progress in the ongoing investigation.

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Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. – Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Overview

  • Michael Haltom, one of the earliest entrants into the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riots, has been arrested by the FBI, 2.5 years after the event.
  • Haltom is charged with multiple felony and misdemeanor offenses, including civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding.
  • Video footage and records obtained through a search warrant served on Google show Haltom's presence and active participation in the riots, including pushing past barricades and gesturing for fellow rioters to do the same.
  • Haltom also made his way to the House Speaker's Lobby, where he and other rioters caused visible damage to the door.
  • Another rioter, Andy Steven Oliva-Lopez from Oregon, was also arrested and charged with felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain law enforcement officers, as well as a civil disorder charge.