Mon. May 3, 2021 | By Shawn Johnson – WPR – www.wpr.org |
Two Wisconsin men have been arrested and charged with entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Brandon Nelson of Dane County and Abram Markofski of La Crosse County have been charged with four counts, including entering and remaining in a restricted building and disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.
During an initial court appearance Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker ordered Nelson and Markofski not to leave Wisconsin’s Western District while their case is pending without first clearing it with the court. They’re scheduled to hold a remote hearing with a Washington D.C. judge on May 10.
According to a sworn statement from the FBI, an anonymous tipster told the agency the day after the insurrection that Nelson had been inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6.
The FBI said Nelson later told agents that he and Markofski drove from Madison to Washington D.C. on Jan 5, arriving there the morning of Jan. 6. Nelson told the FBI that they attended former President Donald Trump’s speech outside the White House that day before they walked to the Capitol.
The FBI said it was able to confirm Markofski was inside the Capitol by tracking his cell phone location data, which it obtained from Google through a search warrant. The Google data showed that Markofski’s phone was at least partially within the U.S. Capitol between 2:15 p.m. and 3:41 p.m. on Jan. 6…
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