US Capitol Rioter Arrested In Canada 4 Years After Assault

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A January 6 rioter who fled the US after being sentenced for his function within the 2021 Capitol assault was arrested on the four-year anniversary in western Canada, authorities instructed AFP Friday.

The 32-year-old man, Antony Vo of Indiana, had been sentenced to 9 months behind bars and ordered to report back to a US federal jail on June 14, 2024, however as an alternative fled north.

He later instructed reporters he escaped to Canada in hopes of being pardoned when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White Home.

“We will verify that Mr Vo, a fugitive from US justice, was arrested with out incident in Whistler, British Columbia on January 6,” the Canada Border Companies Company mentioned in a written assertion to AFP.

The company added that it had no document of Vo’s entry into Canada by means of an official border crossing and had “a authorized obligation to return all overseas nationals who are usually not allowed in Canadian territory.”

A listening to in Canada relating to Vo’s request to stay within the nation is scheduled for January 15, his lawyer instructed media.

Vo was convicted at a jury trial in Washington of 4 counts of getting into a restricted constructing and disorderly conduct associated to his actions.

Greater than 1,500 individuals have been charged in reference to the January 6, 2021 assault on Congress, which sought to disrupt certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory.

Trump, who falsely claims he gained the 2020 election, has known as the rioters “patriots” and “political prisoners” and has mentioned he’s inclined to pardon a lot of them after he takes workplace once more on January 20.

Vo beforehand instructed AFP he hopes to remain in Canada “till the state of affairs is protected for me to return” to the US.

“When Donald Trump takes workplace, I hope he pardons me and the remainder of the January 6 protestors.”

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