A Manhattan man who was as soon as the chief editor of the Jewish Press was arrested Thursday and hit with felony expenses for his participation within the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill, federal prosecutors introduced.

Elliot Resnick, 39, was one among many pro-Trump rioters who allegedly overtook police on the East Plaza of the U.S. Capitol and rushed the doorways, intent on coming into and overturning the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election.

The person moved with the mob towards the East Rotunda Doorways, the place he encountered a Capitol Police officer who was spraying the irate crowd with a “chemical irritant” in an try to maintain the rioters at bay.

This image from the U.S. Capitol Police security video shows Elliot Resnick, circled in annotation by the Justice Department in the Statement of Facts supporting the arrest of Resnick, inside the U.S. Capitol by the East Rotunda doors on Jan 6. 2021. Resnick, a former top editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York City, was arrested Thursday, March 16, 2023, on charges that he interfered with police officers who were trying to protect the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

This picture from the U.S. Capitol Police safety video reveals Elliot Resnick, circled in annotation by the Justice Division within the Assertion of Information supporting the arrest of Resnick, contained in the U.S. Capitol by the East Rotunda doorways on Jan 6. 2021. Resnick, a former prime editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York Metropolis, was arrested Thursday, March 16, 2023, on expenses that he interfered with cops who have been making an attempt to guard the U.S. Capitol through the Jan. 6 riot. (AP)

Resnick grabbed maintain of the officer’s arm and was one of many first to make his approach contained in the Capitol round 2:26 p.m., prosecutors allege.

As soon as inside, he allegedly tried to open one other door however was unsuccessful, and as a substitute grabbed rioters and pulled them into the Capitol. He remained inside for almost 50 minutes, feds stated.

Prosecutors declare he was caught on Metropolitan Police Division physique digicam strolling round restricted Capitol grounds an hour after he left the constructing.

The FBI arrested Resnick in Manhattan and charged him with civil dysfunction, assaulting officers and obstruction of justice, amongst different counts. He was anticipated to look earlier than a choose later Thursday.

Rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

Rioters on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (John Minchillo/AP)

In March 2021, the previous editor of the Brooklyn-based weekly wrote in web publication American Thinker that “one thing extraordinarily fishy occurred on Election Day.”

“Trump supporters have been simmering with anger after they obtained to Washington on January 6,” Resnick wrote. “And a few of them snapped after they arrived on the Capitol that afternoon. It’s grow to be a pious ritual to sentence these individuals as harmful terrorists, but when Republicans actually care concerning the nation, they need to deal with the mass election fraud that made these individuals snap within the first place.”

Claims of election fraud within the 2020 race have been repeatedly debunked and proved to be baseless.

The Jewish Press professes on its web site to be the “largest unbiased weekly Jewish newspaper in the USA.”

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