Federal defense contractor with top-secret security clearance who admitted he entered the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack was found not guilty.
Martin testified at his bench trial, telling McFadden that he didn't see everything that was happening around him during the Capitol attack, even though the footage he filmed shows broken windows and an alarm blaring when he entered the Capitol on the east side after rioters busted open the doors leading to the rotunda.On cross examination on Wednesday morning, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Romano asked Martin whether he told an official at the airport that Jan.
Martin tried to downplay what was happening around him when he went into the Capitol on Jan. 6, saying that he didn't specifically remember hearing an alarm blaring when he entered the building. "I saw no violence," Martin claimed, despite filming a tussle with police inside the rotunda and another rioter trying to smash out a window. He said that he would stay away from the Capitol if he had to do Jan. 6 over again, but said he had"positive" personal experiences outside of being charged.
"I enjoyed everything else. I enjoyed the rally," Martin said."It's hard for me to say I regret coming to Washington, D.C." The FBI has made more than 775 arrests in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. More than 2,500 individuals are believed to have entered the Capitol that day, and hundreds of others assaulted officers outside the building. The FBI has hundreds of outstanding cases in the works against Capitol rioters, and the Justice Department has
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