Kelley was taken into custody in Allendale, where he lives, and faces four counts of misdemeanor “stemming from the Capitol breach on January 6, 2021,” according to prosecutors. He will make his first appearance in court later on Thursday. The files do not mention a lawyer who could comment on his behalf. Kelley is among at least three other public officials accused of alleged involvement in the Capitol uprising. Couy Griffin, a commissioner from Otero County, New Mexico, was found guilty of a misdemeanor charge last March after a week-long trial. Kelley is not charged in court documents with entering the Capitol itself. Instead, he is accused of restrictive reasons, involvement in disorderly conduct and other offenses. According to Kelley’s affidavit, multiple reports – the first coming just 10 days after Jan. 6 – were sent to the FBI with videos and images showing his involvement in the Capitol uprising. Such advice “showed [Kelley] in the US Capitol wearing a black coat, an upside-down black baseball cap with a rectangular emblem of the American flag over the bill and aviator sunglasses, according to the researchers. The same information was later posted on Twitter and on January 28, 2021, a confidential source who had been working with the FBI since 2020 – providing information on domestic terrorist groups in Michigan – also spotted a person believed to be Kelley in one of the videos. clips taken during the uprising. The affidavit, which was released along with Kelley’s arrest, has been extensively tracking his suspicious moves in the pro-Trump mob outside the Capitol last year. Investigators say that while Kelley was near the northwest scaffolding on the west side of the building that was erected before the inauguration of Joe Biden, he videotaped the rioters attacking the Capitol police. Kelley proceeded to the scaffolding after police were forced to retreat, court documents say, and eventually climbed to the top of an architectural element on the northwest staircase and nodded to the crowd to move in his direction. The affidavit notes that Kelley has a history of trying to overthrow the last presidential election and has faced scrutiny over his relationship with January 6th. He was a former speaker at a Stop the Steal rally in November 2020 at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, where he said “those who attend the rally must stand up and fight to prevent Democrats from stealing the election.” “, According to the authorities. “Covid-19 was made so that they could use propaganda to control your mind, so that you think, if you look at the media, that Joe Biden won this election,” he said. wrote the researchers. on the debit cards. “We are not going to buy it. We will stand and fight for America, for Donald Trump. “We are not going to let the Democrats steal this election.” In February 2021, Kelley was interviewed by a local television channel and asked about his presence at the Capitol on January 6. He refused to enter the building and refused to identify himself in photos taken by people on the Internet claiming to be among the mob. But the FBI says it has further confirmed his involvement with three other witnesses – including a person who knows Kelley personally, a law enforcement officer from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office and an Allendale public servant where Kelley serves. as a planning commissioner. This is a story that unfolds. Check again for updates.
