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TexasTowelie

(116,601 posts)
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:08 AM Feb 2021

Pennsylvania man arrested in Capitol insurrection after mom outs him on social media

The mother of Russell James Peterson shared on Facebook that her son stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and sat in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's chair.

One of her friends went to the FBI with that information. By that time, Peterson of Rochester, Pennsylvania, had already been identified by the FBI from livestreams he posted to social media of his venture inside the Capitol that day, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

Along with those videos, the FBI has photos of Peterson, his mother and his wife in Washington, D.C., on the day of the pro-Trump rally that preceded the insurrection.

Russell Peterson was arrested on Feb. 12 on four charges: knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct which impedes the conduct of government business; disruptive conduct in the Capitol buildings; parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol buildings.

Read more: https://www.theintell.com/story/news/2021/02/12/pennsylvania-man-arrested-involvement-u-s-capitol-insurrection-sat-in-nancy-pelosi-chair/6743730002/
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Pennsylvania man arrested in Capitol insurrection after mom outs him on social media (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2021 OP
I wonder if Mom also directed the FBI to her basement to make the arrest? mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #1
It warms my heart to know that MAGAt moms are sending their demon spawn to federal prison RockRaven Feb 2021 #2
It's simple cost benefit analysis. TexasTowelie Feb 2021 #3
Oh, it's much more schadenfreude for us than THAT; she was a co-conspirator & stupidly exposed RockRaven Feb 2021 #5
I think that part was misunderstood in the wording in the article. BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #6
Not his mom: scarletwoman Feb 2021 #7
It only shows that loud blowhards don't really have friends. marble falls Feb 2021 #4

RockRaven

(16,217 posts)
2. It warms my heart to know that MAGAt moms are sending their demon spawn to federal prison
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:30 AM
Feb 2021

with their stupid fucking social media posts...

TexasTowelie

(116,601 posts)
3. It's simple cost benefit analysis.
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:36 AM
Feb 2021

What is the cost of continuing to provide food and shelter to her son versus the benefit of collecting the reward being offered.

RockRaven

(16,217 posts)
5. Oh, it's much more schadenfreude for us than THAT; she was a co-conspirator & stupidly exposed
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:47 AM
Feb 2021

herself and her son and her in law with her online braggadocio. She wasn't diming him out for a reward or leech-relief, she just outed him by MAGA-bragging!

BigmanPigman

(52,220 posts)
6. I think that part was misunderstood in the wording in the article.
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:56 AM
Feb 2021

She didn't do the FBI a favor on purpose. She was stupidly boasting and was there along with the the other two since it was apparently a family event. I wish all three could have a family event in prison.

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