'Gas Hat' Jan. 6 rioter who first breached Capitol tunnel entrance arrested by FBI

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — The man who federal authorities say set off a brutal battle with police at the lower west tunnel of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was arrested Friday, nearly two years after he was identified by online sleuths.

Gregory Mijares was identified by online "Sedition Hunters" in 2021. An FBI affidavit said the bureau received a tip in October 2021, and then interviewed Mijares in March 2023. Mijares was arrested in Crown Point, Indiana, on Friday, according to court records, and charged with felony civil disorder along with two misdemeanor charges.

Video footage shows Mijares was the first rioter to enter the Capitol through the lower west terrace doors on Jan. 6, 2021. The lower west terrace was the site of some of the worst violence at the Capitol that day. Several police officers sustained major injuries, and rioter Rosanne Boyland died amid the chaos.

Mijares earned the nickname "Gas Hat" because footage showed him wearing his gas mask like a hat during part of the battle inside the tunnel.



Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/gas-hat-jan-6-rioter-first-breached-capitol-tunnel-entrance-arrested-f-rcna102361

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. Throw the fucking book at this POS traitor,

he deserves no mercy, he deserves the longest prison sentence available for these crimes.

[we can do it]

7. Yessss

[bottomofthehill]

2. Two years and 8 months later and the arrests keep rolling.

This dummy is up shits creek. Everything he did in the tunnel is on camera. I hope he learns to enjoy jail time. Fuck him, no sympathy.

[brush]

18. I think the fact that the arrests keep coming...

and the sentences are all multi-years long now (Proud Boys and Oath Keepers from 10 to 22 years) will make any future militia/insurrectionists think twice about trying this again when trump goes to jail/loses again.

[TomSlick]

3. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[COL Mustard]

26. Fuck around and find out!

Such a good term, FAFO.

[magicarpet]

4. Macho,... macho,... macho trDumpie meatheads.

The militia and combat forces for the Orange Menace. They have the audacity to call themselves American Patriots.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Nicely timed to the period of 91 counts for Hair Fuehrer

I'd bet not a coincidence. They're rolling up some henchmen these days

[turbinetree]

6. There really shouldn't be a statute of limitations on these people....

just throw away the key.....seriously....can you imagine getting out of prison applying for a job and they ask why your were there and his response is....... heh I just tried to overthrow the US government ............just throw away the key....

[COL Mustard]

27. What they'll actually say is....

"I was a political prisoner and the Man was out to get me" or some such garbage.

Nope, sorry, no job for you!

[turbinetree]

29. I have no empathy for these people.....none...

[orleans]

8. why did it take two fucking years for the f.b.i. to

interview him and arrest him?
TWO YEARS after they were tipped off with the asshole's name and probably location/details???

2 yrs?

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Sedition Hunters were giving them thousands of tips

because there were several thousand who participated in trashing the building, both outside (where the scaffolding for the Inauguration was being constructed) and inside the Capitol.

I was monitoring the Sedition Hunters site for awhile and it was fascinating how organized they were.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

12. Identification is a vital part of prosecution, and when the crowd is 1000s intermingling in a

violent rampage, none assisting with anything,…easy to answer that query.
Probably tipped off, isn’t probable cause
..felony criminal arrest two years after the event isn’t unusual at all.

[Hortensis]

20. Prosecutor/court time for another thing. Lots

of miscreants-to-seditionists to get to.

[Aristus]

10. Soviet-made gas mask. That tracks.

Traitor that he is…

[calimary]

11. gASS Hat.

[COL Mustard]

28. I like

What you did there!

[republianmushroom]

13. Good

[twodogsbarking]

14. Thank you to all of the people who made this happen. Ya dun good.

[yardwork]

33. Yes! Thank you to the true patriots who have spent countless hours identifying violent insurgents.

[Bristlecone]

15. I will look forward to his sentencing in the hopefully near future.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

16. I bet after all this time he figured he was home free.

I also bet he shit his pants when they cuffed him.

[brush]

17. Good. They're still arresting the rioters...

I'm sure this clown has been sweating bricks since the FBI interviewed him months ago. He knew they were going to come back for him.

[Initech]

19. I seriously read that as "Ass Hat".

Which would make a more accurate description!

[msfiddlestix]

21. The Charges seem oddly minor in view of his violent actions

at least that's how it reads to me. :

charged with felony civil disorder along with two misdemeanor charges.

this one is a head scratcher for sure.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. Here is his DOJ entry

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/indiana-man-arrested-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-related-actions-during-jan-6-capitol

Here is his "Statement of Facts" (PDF) - https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1594661/download

Starting on pg. 12, this is what they charged -

STATEMENT OF FACT

(snip)

Based on the foregoing, your affiant submits that there is probable cause to believe that
MIJARES violated 18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(3), which makes it unlawful to commit or attempt to
commit any act to obstruct, impede, or interfere with any fireman or law enforcement officer
lawfully engaged in the lawful performance of his official duties incident to and during the
commission of a civil disorder which in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or adversely affects
commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce or the conduct or
performance of any federally protected function. For purposes of Section 231 of Title 18, a
federally protected function means any function, operation, or action carried out, under the laws

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of the United States, by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or by an
officer or employee thereof.
Your affiant also submits that there is probable cause to believe that MIJARES violated
18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1) and (2) which makes it a crime to (1) knowingly enter or remain in any
restricted building or grounds without lawful authority to do; and (2) knowingly, and with intent
to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions, engage in
disorderly or disruptive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any restricted building or grounds
when, or so that, such conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly conduct of Government
business or official functions. For purposes of Section 1752 of Title 18, a “restricted building”
includes a posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a building or grounds where the
President or other person protected by the Secret Service, including the Vice President, is or will
be temporarily visiting; or any building or grounds so restricted in conjunction with an event
designated as a special event of national significance.

(snip)

18 U.S. Code § 231 - Civil disorders

U.S. Code

(a)

(snip)

(3) Whoever commits or attempts to commit any act to obstruct, impede, or interfere with any fireman or law enforcement officer lawfully engaged in the lawful performance of his official duties incident to and during the commission of a civil disorder which in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or adversely affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce or the conduct or performance of any federally protected function—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(snip)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/231

[msfiddlestix]

23. Shall be fined or Imprisoned for Not More Than Five Years or Both

seems rather insufficient to me..

I guess our "crime and punishment" statutes do not see it that way.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. That is what Congress capped it to be in that particular law.

There was an article in 2020 about the "rare" use of this law during the George Floyd protests - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/feds-go-after-protesters-rarely-used-civil-disorder-law-enacted-n1245540

The article gives a little history of it.

This was the relevant section of the law - https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter12&edition=prelim

This was how it looked when published - https://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=82&page=90
And amended - https://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=108&page=2147

[msfiddlestix]

31. it's all so rather complicated, standards aren't exactly equal. but thanks.

[ramen]

32. Thanks for this. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

34. You are welcome

[musclecar6]

25. Audacity

Is the one description that keeps resonating with me? If ever, there was somebody who needs to be indicted, which he has for 91 crimes, prosecuted and hopefully convicted it’s him.

To top that off, he has the audacity to run for president again, and he has told quite clearly that he is going to tear up our government and do away with democracy and described specifically what institutions he’s going to dissemble. To me a voter has to be the worst example of a decent US citizen that ever existed, to vote for this deplorable person again.

[The Grand Illuminist]

30. We must be emotionally prepared

The numbers are great enough that the vast majority who participated in this overthrow will be statute out.

[Chellee]

35. Excellent.

He goes to prison, and Indiana has one less Republican voter. I call that a win/win.