The Parler video, which was additionally archived by ProPublica, reveals Antoni strolling away from the gang on the west aspect of the Capitol grounds. Tear gasoline was within the air, and conservative radio host Alex Jones will be heard talking over a megaphone.
At the moment, police had been struggling to carry off the mob from taking up the inauguration platform. The group had surrounded the constructing however not but entered the Capitol.
Different footage reveals Antoni on the east aspect of the Capitol constructing, strolling south, away from the constructing.
“These footage present EJ Antoni, a bystander to the occasions of January sixth, observing after which leaving the Capitol space,” White Home spokesperson Taylor Rogers mentioned in an e-mailed assertion. “EJ was on the town for conferences, and it’s fallacious and defamatory to counsel EJ engaged in something inappropriate or unlawful.”
The Justice Division’s investigation into the Jan. 6 assault was the biggest in its historical past, with prosecutors scouring video proof to determine and cost members. The division largely centered on charging people who entered the Capitol constructing or engaged in aggravating conduct exterior. On his first day in workplace Trump ended the investigation into the Jan. 6 assault, pardoned the entire roughly 1,500 Capitol defendants and commuted the sentences of others.
Trump fired former BLS head Erika McEntarfer earlier this month, suggesting with out proof that she had “rigged” jobs studies for political functions. The president then mentioned he would nominate Antoni, a frequent visitor on Steve Bannon’s “Conflict Room,” who has lengthy criticized the BLS.
Antoni mentioned in an interview with Fox Information on Aug. 4, earlier than his nomination, that the company ought to droop issuing the month-to-month job report, as a substitute publishing quarterly information till the studies are extra “correct.”
Antoni will should be confirmed by the Senate to take over the BLS.
Whereas Republicans management the chamber, Jan. 6 has induced points for Trump nominees prior to now. Trump withdrew his nomination of Ed Martin to take over the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the District of Columbia after Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., indicated that Martin’s previous help for Jan. 6 members can be a deal-breaker.
