WASHINGTON ― A right-wing West Virginia lawmaker who stormed the U.S. Capitol during an insurrectionist attack in support of President Donald Trump’s losing reelection campaign will face charges, a federal official said Friday. Derrick Evans, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates who livestreamed himself invading the U.S. Capitol but claims he “committed no criminal act,” will face charges, an official with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said. Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislature/AP West Virginia House of Delegates member Derrick Evans, left, will face charges for storming the U.S. Capitol. Another defendant who had 11 Molotov cocktails in a truck with Alabama license plates will also face charges, officials said. Federal officials said they appreciated the tips they’d received from the public, and that hundreds of federal law enforcement officials were working around the clock to identify and charge as many of the insurrectionists as possible.

Source: Huffington Post January 08, 2021 19:22 UTC