A man accused of storming the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was arrested Wednesday, the Department of Justice said in a news release.
Michael Asbury, 43 of Knoxville, Tennessee, was arrested and charged with obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder (a felony) and entering or remaining on restricted grounds without lawful authority to do so, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building (all misdemeanors).
Asbury made his first court appearance Wednesday in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Court documents show that on Jan. 6, 2021 “Asbury was present in the lower west tunnel entrance of the Capitol building at approximately 2:49 p.m. While inside the tunnel, Asbury is accused of working with other rioters to push his body back and forth in a concerted “heave-ho” movement against the line of law enforcement officers protecting the entrance to the building.”
NBC News justice posted photos on Twitter showing Asbury climbing scaffolding outside the Capitol and inside the Capitol at the police line in another.
According to a DOJ statement of facts, Asbury posted photos of himself on the Capitol grounds on Facebook.
