A Jan. 6 Capitol riot suspect wanted by the FBI was granted refugee status in Belarus

[AZProgressive]

Evan Neumann is under federal indictment in the U.S. for more than a dozen charges related to last year's Capitol insurrection. But Belarus, a Russian ally and neighbor to Ukraine, has granted him asylum, saying he is under its protection indefinitely.

"I am very grateful, and it is bittersweet," like eating cranberries, Neumann said in a video posted by state media Belta. "So, very happy and very sad at the same time."

Neumann is currently wanted by the FBI on multiple charges of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including using a metal barricade as a battering ram. But he fled the U.S. one month after the insurrection, traveling to Ukraine before winding up in Belarus. And now Belarus, which is aiding Russia's attacks on Ukraine, has granted Neumann refugee status.

He received his new Belarusian identification document from the department of citizenship and migration office in Brest, with reporters looking on. Belarus claims that the U.S. charges against Neumann are politically motivated. He was granted refugee status almost exactly one year after the first criminal complaint was filed against him last March.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088205226/evan-neumann-jan-6-insurrection-suspect-refugee-belarus-asylum?utm_campaign=politics&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

[lapfog_1]

1. we should ship all the MAGAts there

[newswatcher22]

2. Not Good

Escaping the long arm of the law when clearly guilty. The charges are not politically motivated charges to warrant the status. And definitely not a good look if they claim no outside influence on the riots.

[Chicago1980]

3. Ran like a bitch.

So much for that "personal responsibility" conservatives always espouse.

[Ilsa]

4. Good riddance of a traitor

who will eventuslly miss his country, I suspect.

[Probatim]

5. He'll start crying when he can't get Velveeta and Bud Light

Side note - I am a food snob, but I will turn a brick of Velveeta into mac and cheese any day of the week.

[Gore1FL]

6. Not a far jump from Q to Z. nt