Federal authorities arrested a Capitol rioter seen on video wearing an American flag jacket and attacking police officers with a fire extinguisher.
Huffpost reports that 53-year-old Florida business owner, Robert Scott Palmer was arrested on Wednesday and charged with assaulting/resisting/impeding officers, engaging in civil disorder, and entering restricted building or grounds, according to court records.
The outlet was able to identify Palmer with the help of an online sleuth. Huffpost interviewed him on March 4.
Palmer confirmed that he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 wearing an American flag jacket bearing Trump’s name. He was very open about being hit in the stomach by a police projectile, but shut down when asked about his assault on police officers and hung up the phone when asked about being contacted by the FBI.
Details of the charges against him, including the FBI affidavit, are not yet public. A lawyer named on his court docket did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Huffpost reports.
