CT GOP Official Admits Entering Capitol During Riot

NBC News reports:

An elected official in Connecticut has admitted publicly for the first time that he entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

Gino DiGiovanni, a GOP alderman in Derby, was interviewed by an NBC Connecticut reporter after online sleuths investigating the attack on the Capitol told NBC News they had identified him as one of the approximately 3,000 individuals who entered the building that day.

“I was there, I went inside there, and, you know, I didn’t damage or break anything,” DiGiovanni told NBC Connecticut following a recent Board of Aldermen meeting. “Obviously, you got the pictures to prove it.”

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“I wouldn’t want to be arrested for it,” Gino DiGiovanni said. “I guess hindsight is 20-20.” https://t.co/bqtxRs8KQc

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) October 29, 2022

“If somebody calls me and says, ‘Hey, Gino, we’re going to arrest you for trespassing in the Capitol that day,’ then I’m going to have to deal with that at that time,” Gino DiGiovanni said. https://t.co/X3CwDCsTav

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) October 28, 2022