B SQUAD

Federal investigators claim five men arrested for their involvement in the riot on Capitol Hill were members of a militia group that held beliefs aligned with Three Percenters.

“B Squad” members stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while wearing riot gear and armed with metal batons, knives, chemical spray and walking sticks, according to an FBI agent's affidavit. The men are members of a group called Guardians of Freedom and a subgroup called “B Squad," according to an FBI agent's affidavit. He, the five defendants charged in the complaint and approximately 40 other “B Squad" members stayed on the same floor of the hotel on the eve of the riot, the FBI says. Nearly 400 Capitol riot defendants have pleaded guilty or been convicted by a judge or jury after trials. ___For full coverage of the Capitol riot, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siegeCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Federal authorities say five Florida men affiliated with a militia group have been arrested on charges that they joined a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.

FBI agents arrested three Orlando area men on Wednesday linking them to a larger investigation into a militia that planned violence on the steps of the U.S. Capitol last year.

FBI agents arrested five Orlando-area men on Wednesday, linking them to a larger investigation into a militia that planned violence on the steps of the U.S. Capitol last year.