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Wed Jun 15, 2022, 11:24 PM Jun 2022

Virginia man helped plan Jan. 6 insurrection, Philadelphia DA says



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A Virginia man who was arrested in Philadelphia in 2020 while presidential election ballots were being counted was a “central” conspirator of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Philadelphia’s District Attorney’s Office alleged Monday.
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Virginia man helped plan Jan. 6 insurrection, Philadelphia DA says
A Virginia man who was arrested in Philadelphia in 2020 while presidential election ballots were being counted was a “central” conspirator of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S.
6:01 AM · Jun 14, 2022


https://roanoke.com/news/state-and-regional/virginia-man-helped-plan-jan-6-insurrection-philadelphia-da-says/article_07cccc5e-3049-5691-b57e-66a4dd6ec414.html

A Virginia man who was arrested in Philadelphia in 2020 while presidential election ballots were being counted was a “central” conspirator of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Philadelphia’s District Attorney’s Office alleged Monday.

Joshua Macias, who was charged with carrying an illegal firearm and interfering with an election, has been out on bail since late 2020. Days after his release, on the evening of Jan. 5, 2021, he met with insurrection planners in an underground parking garage, prosecutors said. A documentary video purports to show Macias speaking with leaders of the right-wing organizations Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

The district attorney’s office has filed a motion to have Macias found in contempt of court for violating his bail.

“We thought they were medium-sized fish,” Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said of Macias and the man arrested alongside him, Virginia resident Antonio LaMotta. “We thought they weren’t sharks,” Krasner said during a news conference shown on Facebook.

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