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BY JAKE OFFENHARTZ
JAN. 7, 2021 3:14 P.M. 9 COMMENTS
Brooklyn resident Aaron Mostofsky inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK
The politically-connected son of a Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge was among the band of Trump-supporting marauders who ransacked the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.
Dressed in fur pelts and a bullet proof vest, Aaron Mostofsky joined an early wave of rioters who swarmed the halls of Congress, forcing lawmakers to evacuate before certifying Joe Biden's election victory. He can be seen in several photos outside the Senate chambers, holding a wooden stick and a police riot shield, alongside a man carrying a Confederate flag.
Brooklyn resident Aaron Mostofsky inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK
The man's father is Schlomo Mostofsky, a prominent modern Orthodox figure in Brooklyn and former president of the National Council of Young Israel. He was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court last January with the backing of the Brooklyn Democratic Party.
Neither father nor son returned repeated inquiries from Gothamist. In an interview with the NY Post, Aaron, who declined to give his last name, said that he stormed the building because the election was stolen," adding that he found the riot shield on the floor.
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Local rube-necks are blaming everyone but trump and racists.
RAB910
(3,508 posts)His brother, Nachman Mostofsky, is the vice president of the South Brooklyn Conservative Club, and an elected district leader in the borough, who claims to have connections with high-ranking members of the Trump administration.
https://gothamist.com/news/trump-fur-ever-costumed-capitol-rioter-son-brooklyn-supreme-court-judge
dware
(12,423 posts)but it's going to be hard to get past this traitor's own words.
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)Can you imagine what it will be like for ANY procedure taking place in that Judge's courtroom now?
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)maxrandb
(15,345 posts)RAB910
(3,508 posts)where a vest marked "police" and carrying one of their shields will make him a special target for prosecutors
enki23
(7,789 posts).
RAB910
(3,508 posts)dware
(12,423 posts)I highly doubt that the Feds will be impressed.
enki23
(7,789 posts).
dware
(12,423 posts)theft of govt. property, destruction of govt property, etc.
The Feds are going to stomp on these traitors hard as a lesson to these traitorous bastards.
enki23
(7,789 posts)I'm on your side, and I hope I'm wrong (though there's actually no way for you to be right about the "treason" thing). But I'm a cynic, these days. I still care enough to like being wrong, like with Georgia. But, unfortunately, I'm usually right. Not through prescience, but pessimism.
dware
(12,423 posts)Guess who was just nominated as the new AG?
Judge Merrick Garland.
Guaranteed that these traitors will be charged with everything the US Prosecutors can think of and no county judge is going to stop them.
Squinch
(50,989 posts)LizBeth
(9,952 posts)iemitsu
(3,888 posts)that we saw used to break the windows of the capital building yesterday.
meadowlander
(4,399 posts)Is that bullet proof vest enough to count?
Maybe we should ask Dad...
Mariana
(14,860 posts)revmclaren
(2,528 posts)Stupid F_ing idiots.
They are an embarrassment to the human race!
Cha
(297,503 posts)judge doesn't mean the son has any brains or that he can't be brainwashed if he did.
Jon Voight is an example of that in reverse.
I hope these Terrorists are Prosecuted. I can't image his father is happy right now.
RAB910
(3,508 posts)His brother, Nachman Mostofsky, is the vice president of the South Brooklyn Conservative Club, and an elected district leader in the borough, who claims to have connections with high-ranking members of the Trump administration.
https://gothamist.com/news/trump-fur-ever-costumed-capitol-rioter-son-brooklyn-supreme-court-judge
Cha
(297,503 posts)The pure fact is they are Not reality based.
TY, RAB
Jirel
(2,019 posts)Youd think that being the son of a prominent Orthodox Jewish figure, even if he doesnt care, youd think hed be aware of the optics.
peggysue2
(10,836 posts)No allowance for you, sonny-boy.
Dress like a barbarian, act like a barbarian. He's shamed his family, his country and himself.