DOJ: “Team Trump” VA Man Assaulted Capitol Police

January 26, 2022 Extremists, Trump cultists

The Roanoke Times reports:

Markus Maly of Fincastle was arrested at his home Wednesday morning and charged with assaulting police officers and other offenses as authorities continue an investigation more than a year after the uprising occurred.

According to court documents, Maly pointed and sprayed a chemical irritant at a line of police officers who were attempting the secure the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol as a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the building.

Maly, 47, also handed a canister of pepper spray to another protester, authorities say, and was later seen leaving the area with what appeared to be a police riot shield.

Law & Crime reports:



Maly, branded by online sleuths as #JohnSprayne, was spotted sporting a “white cowboy style hat with the words ‘TRUMP 2020’ printed on the front and what appears to be ‘TEAM TRUMP’ printed on the back.

Like numerous Jan. 6 defendants, Maly allegedly boasted about his participation in the attack of the Capitol on social media, in posts that filled the pages of court papers. Prosecutors say that Maly contacted his girlfriend on Facebook during the attack and told her “We took the fuckin capital.”

Maly has been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon or inflicting bodily injury, civil disorder, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, and related offenses. The top count carries a possible 20-year maximum sentence.

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