By Aiyeku Timothy
Six Republican state legislators are reported to have taken part in events surrounding the invasion of the US Capitol.
West Virginia Delegate Derrick Evans posted a video of himself entering the building but later deleted it, report claims
Tennessee state lawmaker Terri Lynn Weaver told the Tennessean that she was “in the thick of it” during the rally before the storming of the Capitol. She said there was “Just a whole heck of a lot of patriots here”.
She later tweeted a picture of the mob at the base of the Capitol, saying: “Epic and historic day gathering with fellow Patriots from all over the nation DC.”
Virginia state Senator Amanda Chase denied that any violence had taken place, despite the overwhelming evidence, and later accused the police of murder after the shooting of a California woman inside the Capitol.
“A veteran who was brutally murdered by Capitol Police today,” Chase wrote on Facebook
“These were not rioters and looters; these were Patriots who love their country and do not want to see our great republic turn into a socialist country. I was there with the people; I know. Don’t believe the fake media narrative,” she wrote.
Missouri State Representative Justin Hill skipped his swearing-in ceremony to be in DC. He marched to the Capitol but didn’t enter, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported him as saying.
The FBI and DC Police have released images of people wanted on federal charges for violently storming the US Capitol.
They law enforcements are trying to track down 36 people after 68 were already arrested after violent clashes during the violent Wednesday protest that sent lawmakers into hiding.
Four rioters reportedly died and 56 officers were injured in the process.
Those arrested will be charges include inciting a riot and weapons violations.
