Alleged Capitol Rioter Ordered To Return To Jail After Buying Dozens Of Guns Online

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Alleged Capitol Rioter Ordered To Return To Jail After Buying Dozens Of Guns Online
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The Capitol riot defendant also posted on a pro-gun forum that peaceful protests are ineffective and “if you dip your toe into the Rubicon … cross it.”

A former Virginia police officer charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 will need to stay in jail pending trial, a judge ruled Wednesday, after federal prosecutors said he ordered more than 30 guns on the internet and endorsed political violence after his arrest....

Robertson was initially released from jail in January, but federal authorities allege he violated a judge’s order to avoid possessing firearms on pretrial release and broke a federal law barring people under felony indictment from shipping firearms. Federal authorities said Robertson made arrangements to buy guns and ammunition online just weeks after he was ordered to get rid of all his firearms, and by June, some 34 guns were awaiting his pickup at a local firearm broker.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation also searched Robertson’s home last month and found an M4 rifle, several containers of ammunition and a “partially assembled pipe bomb,” according to a court filing by federal prosecutors. Cooper found probable cause that Robertson violated the ban on shipping firearms while under indictment, causing him to be ordered detained, but the judge didn’t rule on whether he skirted the terms of his pretrial release by possessing a gun.Cooper was also alarmed that Robertson referred to the Jan.

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