Saturday, January 16, 2021

Newly released court documents made clear...some of the riot’s most prominent figures [had] intent to harm lawmakers.
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On Friday, federal prosecutors in Washington unsealed charges against one of their most wanted, Dominic Pezzola, a 44-year-old former Marine and member of the far-right Proud Boys... 

According to a cooperating witness quoted in court papers, Mr. Pezzola...and the mob he led intended to kill “anyone they got their hands on,” the witness said, including Ms. Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence. Mr. Pezzola, a boxer known as Spaz, was intent on returning to Washington with his group next week to wreak more havoc at President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s inauguration, according to the witness.