Newsweek reports:
Conspiracy theories have been spread online following reports that Michael Stenger, the former Senate sergeant-at-arms who oversaw security on January 6, 2021, has died.
Details on the circumstances around Stenger’s death aged 71 are still unknown. Reports that Stenger had died on Monday were revealed by Politico’s correspondent Katherine Tully-McManus and Fox News’ Chad Pergram.
Stenger, along with Paul Irving, the then House sergeant-of-arms, and Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund all resigned from their roles in the wake of the January 6 attack following criticism over the lack of preparation ahead of the riot.
Read the full article. As you can see below, the usual nutjobs are claiming that he was murdered.
1) Fox confirms that Michael Stenger, the Senate Sergeant at Arms who was in charge of Senate security the day of the Capitol riot, has died.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 27, 2022
“Michael Stenger, who served as the Sergeant at Arms for the United States Senate during January 6 riot at the US Capitol last year, has died.”
His cause of death is not clear.https://t.co/tSKZwHJ3ts https://t.co/2d6VSNPJEx
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) June 28, 2022
I just found this #Stenger arrived in a friend’s car and was dropped off across the street. As Stenger crossed the street toward his apartment, he was shot and killed. The shooting was partially captured on surveillance video from cameras on a nearby building.
— Bob Kendall (The Kendall Report) (@PortfolioXpert) June 28, 2022
Tons of conspiracy theories about recently deceased Senate Sargeant at Arms on January 6th, Michael Stenger. There’s no indication he was due to testify, and reports about him shot from a moving car seem to be mixed up with another Michael Stenger, shot in 2013. pic.twitter.com/2QYjQ3ZDi7
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) June 28, 2022