Rioter Sobbed To FBI: “I’m A Fucking Piece Of Shit”

The Huffington Post reports:

Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez, the Donald Trump fanatic who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and was arrested for electroshocking D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Mike Fanone a month after he was identified in a HuffPost story, spilled his guts to the FBI after his arrest, repeatedly crying as he told special agents he was a “fucking piece of shit” and worried that his “mom’s going to find out” what he did.

Rodriguez, according to a transcript of his FBI interview filed in court by his defense attorney on Friday, said that he became radicalized watching videos on InfoWars and from conservative commentators like Steven Crowder, Mark Dice, and the Hodgetwins that convinced him of the conspiracy theory that Trump actually won the election. Rodriguez, like millions of Trump supporters, was suckered by ludicrous conspiracy theories about a stolen election, he told the FBI.

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Danny “D.J.” Rodriguez, who was arrested after he was identified in a HuffPost story, called himself a “f**king piece of s**t” during his interview with the FBI. https://t.co/VNnGuL3Thv

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) October 17, 2021

Capitol insurrectionist Danny, “D.J.” Rodriguez, a “tough talking” L.A. Trump supporter, began crying when FBI agents spoke with him LMAO pic.twitter.com/gyoxk7n30Z

— Eric Levai (@ericlevai) October 16, 2021