Court unseals brothers' riot arrest document
FBI documents say witness identified William Pope, pictured circled in blue in a screenshot taken from inside the U.S. Capitol building outside the Speaker of the House’s office. Also depicted in the photograph, marked with a red circle, is Michel Pope, wearing the same clothing as depicted in the video in which William Pope identifies him as his brother, according to a document unsealed by a federal court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
A still shot taken from surveillance video appears to show U.S. Capitol Police officers removing Michael Pope, circled in red, from an elevator. William Pope is allegedly pictured circled in blue.
FBI agents say a still shot taken from a surveillance video that was timestamped at 2:20 p.m. on January 6, 2021, show William Pope, circled in blue, and Michael Pope, circled in red, coming down the stairs before exiting from the camera's view.
A screenshot appears to show Michael Anthony Pope of Sandpoint at the Jan. 6 march to the Capitol building.
William Pope electronically submitted the above image of himself on January 6, 2021, along with a message to the FBI's tip line saying he wanted to turn himself and admitting he was in the Capitol on January 6.
A statement of facts surrounding the arrest of a Sandpoint man connected to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 has been unsealed by a federal court in Washington, D.C...
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