A man from Chesterfield County, Virginia, has been indicted on charges related to his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 siege of the U.S. Capitol, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
FBI agents arrested 51-year-old John Michael Livingston of Midlothian, Virginia, on Friday. He is charged with one felony offense — obstruction of an official proceeding — and four misdemeanor offenses related to entering a restricted building without authority, disruptive conduct in a restricted building and demonstrating in a Capitol building.
The case will be prosecuted by the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section.
Livingston will make his initial court appearance in the Eastern District of Virginia, the office said.
In the three years following the Jan. 6 riot, more than 1,265 people have been charged in almost all 50 states for crimes related to the event, according to the news release. More than 440 of these individuals face charges of assaulting or impeding law enforcement, which is a felony.
Livingston’s case is being investigated by FBI field offices in Richmond and D.C., with support from U.S. Capitol Police and D.C. police.
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