A former candidate for the New York state senate charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol asked people to delete videos and photos of him inside the building after his friends began to get arrested, authorities say.
asked people to delete videos and photos of him inside the building after his friends began to get arrested.
He had also shared a video of a man yelling,"We want Nancy ...we want the rest of them." The FBI said it believes the man, who was not Christmann, was referring to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers. According to investigators, Christmann had multiple conversations on social media in which he confirmed he was at the riot. In one message, he wrote,"Yeah im not going to lie. I wasn't one of the first people in. When realized it was happening I was scaling walls and s---."After two of Christmann's friends got arrested, authorities said he began messaging people on social media to ask them to remove videos and photos of him in the riot.
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