A former San Francisco Bay Area resident facing federal criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has been granted asylum in Belarus.
FILE - Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Evan Neumann, a former San Francisco Bay Area resident facing federal criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, has been granted asylum in Belarus, the former Soviet nation's state media reported Tuesday, March 23, 2022. – A former San Francisco Bay Area resident facing federal criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S.
“Today I have mixed feelings,” Neumann told state-owned television network BelTA in the report aired Tuesday, Belarus is a Russian ally and neighbor to Ukraine. It does not have an extradition agreement with the U.S.