FBI arrests Trump supporter alleged to have 'blind-sided' Capitol cop on Jan. 6

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"I didn’t survive a war to go out like this," the Capitol Police officer, an Iraq war veteran, recalled thinking.

A supporter of Donald Trump who is alleged to have "blind-sided" and pushed a Capitol Police officer over a ledge during the Jan. 6 riot was arrested at his home in New York City on Wednesday.

Ralph Joseph Celentano, 54, of Queens, was arrested by the FBI and charged with assaulting an officer in the performance of their duties, impeding officers during a civil disorder, engaging in physical violence on Capitol grounds, an act of physical violence on Capitol grounds and disorderly conduct on restricted grounds, according to court documents. A law enforcement source said Celentano is unemployed.

Celentano, who had a "very distinct folding chair strapped to his back" and a Trump hat on his head, was seen on video shoving a Capitol Police officer from behind, causing the officer to fall over a ledge, authorities said. Online sleuths seeking to identify Jan. 6 suspects had dubbed the man #ChairGuy, and he was listed as individual #107 on the FBI's Capitol Violence website.


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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/tr...ided-capitol-cop-jan-6-arrested-fbi-rcna19330
 
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