During the U.S. Capitol riot Jan. 6, Trump supporter Andrew Craig Ericson plopped his feet up on a table inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's conference room and posed for a photo.
During the U.S. Capitol riot Jan. 6, Trump supporter Andrew Craig Ericson plopped his feet up on a table inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's conference room and posed for a photo.The photos led to an investigation and a criminal case against him in federal court in Washington, D.C.
In a written statement of his offense, Ericson acknowledged taking a beer out of the mini-refrigerator "while inside the Speaker’s Conference Room or other office space." He further acknowledged he made "cheering sounds" while in the U.S. Capitol and knew he did not have permission to enter there.In exchange for his plea, prosecutors agreed to ask the judge to dismiss three other counts against him at sentencing.
Later, the FBI also obtained some of Ericson's Snapchat videos, according to the affidavit. An acquaintance who had known Ericson since high school had captured the videos and tipped off the FBI on Jan. 11.Thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump marched to the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 as Congress met to formally count the Electoral College votes that had Joe Biden winning the presidential election.
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