Aaron Mostofsky, a Democrat and son of a judge in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, was photographed sitting on a bench near the Senate chamber of Congress on Jan. 6, holding a stick and a riot shield. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Aaron Mostofsky, the son of a New York City judge and a Democrat, was released from federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday (Jan. 12) after being released on bail, having stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 posing as a “Trump supporter. On January 6, he was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after posing as a “Trump supporter” and storming the Capitol building to “steal government property.
On Tuesday morning, FBI police removed Aaron Mostowski, 34, from his brother’s home in Brooklyn, N.Y., for stealing during the storming of Congress.
The criminal complaint alleges that Mostowski stole government property from inside the Capitol, including a $1,905 bulletproof police undershirt and a $265 riot shield. If convicted on this charge, he faces up to 10 years in prison. He also faces three other charges, including trespassing in a restricted area and public disorderly conduct.
At a teleconference hearing in Brooklyn federal court that afternoon, his attorney, Jeffrey Schwartz, claimed that the evidence described above did not support the charges and demanded that Mostowski be released.
Josh Hafetz, the federal prosecutor in charge of the case, said he was “deeply troubled” by the charges, but agreed to release Mostowski from custody on $100,000 bail and to bar him from attending any political rallies or traveling to Washington, D.C.
The lawsuit also says Mostowski describes himself as a “caveman. Prior to Jan. 6, he had sent a message to another “protester” saying that he could be found at the protest if he looked for a “caveman.
Videos and photos circulating on social media show Mostowski, draped in fur, wearing a bulletproof undershirt with the word “POLICE” written on it, holding a long stick in his left hand and a riot shield in his right, sitting on a bench near the Capitol Senate chamber.
According to New York State election records, Mostofsky and his father, state court judge Steven Mostofsky of Brooklyn, are both registered Democrats. The judge had not responded to any requests for comment in related cases at press time.
Doubts remain about last Wednesday’s storming of Congress. While the U.S. Justice Department claimed as of Tuesday to have filed criminal charges against 170 suspects for sedition and conspiracy to commit rebellion, some “fake Trump fans” were spared.
On Friday evening, investigative reporter Millie Weaver photographed John Earl Sullivan, a member of the far-left group Black Lives Matter (BLM), outside the Hilton Garden Inn in Washington, D.C. -John Earle Sullivan, a member of the far-left group Black Lives Matter (BLM), was photographed outside the Hilton Garden Inn in Washington, D.C. Sullivan, who broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6, had just been arrested by police next to the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., the day before.
Weaver said she overheard Sullivan say on the phone that he “had not been charged.
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