The FBI has arrested a Donald Trump supporter nicknamed the “Sedition Panda” who allegedly stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 while wearing the head of a panda costume.
WASHINGTON — The FBI has arrested a Donald Trump supporter who allegedly stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 while wearing the head of a panda costume., and charged with multiple offenses including assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds.Video from Jan. 6 shows that a man wearing a panda head entered the U.S.
Online sleuths who have helped identify hundreds of Capitol rioters dubbed the individual “Sedition Panda” and had surfaced photos of him.The FBI identified Rumson as the man in the panda head because he wore it on and off during the storming of the Capitol and he was caught on video and in photos with his face in full view, an FBI special agent said inRumson was allegedly inside the building for less than 15 minutes, according to the affidavit.
At least 985 people have been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 riot, according to information released this month by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C.
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