Current:Home > MyAmateur baseball mascot charged with joining Capitol riot in red face paint and Trump hat-InfoLens
Amateur baseball mascot charged with joining Capitol riot in red face paint and Trump hat
View Date:2024-12-23 11:19:40
A St. Louis Cardinals mega-fan known as “Rally Runner” was arrested Wednesday on charges that he joined a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and used a stolen shield to help other rioters attack police officers, court records show.
Daniel Donnelly Jr. was wearing red paint on his face and a red “Keep America Great” hat when he stormed the Capitol, the FBI said in a court filing.
Donnelly is known in St. Louis for running around the Cardinals’ stadium during baseball games while wearing red clothes and red face paint. Donnelly apparently changed his legal name to Rally Runner, according to the FBI.
Tucker Carlson featured Donnelly on a December 2021 segment of his now-canceled Fox News show. Carlson showed an image of Donnelly outside the Capitol as he promoted conspiracy theories that uncharged “agent provocateurs” had infiltrated the mob, HuffPost reported.
“Who is this person? Why hasn’t he been charged? That’s a very simple ask,” Carlson told his viewers.
Donnelly was scheduled to make his initial court appearance in Missouri on Wednesday. The FBI arrested him in St. Louis on charges including a felony count of interfering with police during a civil disorder.
Investigators questioned Donnelly at his St. Louis home less than a week after the riot. He told them that he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and took one of the police shields that rioters were passing around the crowd, the FBI said.
Video captured Donnelly in the crowd of rioters who attacked police in a tunnel on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace. He and other rioters used shields to form a wall as they clashed with police, the FBI said.
“Rioters continued to push forward as a group, with Donnelly in the lead. A video showed Donnelly at the front of the line using the shield to aid in the advancement of the (rioters) by pushing law enforcement officers back,” an FBI agent wrote.
Donnelly was still wearing face paint and his Trump hat when talked about his part in the Capitol attack in a Facebook video posted on Jan. 6.
“We pushed them all the way into the doors. It was working until more cops showed up. I’m right at the front of it and got through those doors into the Capitol, and that’s when reinforcements came,” he said on the video.
Approximately 1,100 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot. More than 100 police officers were injured during the attack. The mob disrupted the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory over Trump.
veryGood! (584)
Related
- Florida man’s US charges upgraded to killing his estranged wife in Spain
- Why Kyle Richards Needs a Break From RHOBH Following Mauricio Umansky Split
- Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist Announce Divorce: Check the Status of More Bachelor Couples
- Horoscopes Today, April 12, 2024
- KFC sues Church's Chicken over 'original recipe' fried chicken branding
- US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race
- Caitlyn Jenner Reacts to Backlash Over O.J. Simpson Message
- Caitlyn Jenner Reacts to Backlash Over O.J. Simpson Message
- South Carolina to take a break from executions for the holidays
- Wyndham Clark takes shot at LIV golf when asked about Masters leader Bryson DeChambeau
Ranking
- Louisville officials mourn victims of 'unthinkable' plant explosion amid investigation
- A decorated WWII veteran was killed execution style while delivering milk in 1968. His murder has finally been solved.
- Manhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case against a former president
- Flash flooding sweeps into the Pittsburgh area and spurs numerous water rescues
- Secret Service Agent Allegedly Took Ex to Barack Obama’s Beach House
- Shaping future investment leaders:Lonton Wealth Management Cente’s mission and achievements
- Do polar bears hibernate? The arctic mammal's sleep behavior, explained.
- White Green: Summary of Global Stock Markets in 2023 and Outlook for 2024
Recommendation
-
2025 Medicare Part B premium increase outpaces both Social Security COLA and inflation
-
US consumer sentiment falls slightly as outlook for inflation worsens
-
Thousands of zipline kits sold on Amazon recalled due to fall hazard, 9 injuries reported
-
Water From Arsenic-Laced Wells Could Protect the Pine Ridge Reservation From Wildfires
-
'This dude is cool': 'Cross' star Aldis Hodge brings realism to literary detective
-
Kato Kaelin thinks O.J. Simpson was guilty, wonders if he did penance before his death
-
North Carolina governor to welcome historic visitor at mansion: Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida
-
Celebrating O.J. Simpson's football feats remains a delicate balance for his former teams