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Rubyshoo

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Tue Jul 23, 2024, 04:36 PM Jul 2024

'Homesick' MAGA rioter who tried to claim asylum in Ireland arrested on return to U.S. [View all]

Wisconsin Trump supporter Paul Kovacik tried to flee the country and claim asylum in Ireland — only to grow homesick, return to America, and promptly get arrested.

In a legal filing flagged by Politico's Kyle Cheney it was revealed that Kovacik late last year fled to Dublin to claim asylum shortly before he was to begin what was supposed to have been a 90-day prison sentence.

However, it seems that Kovacik couldn't last more than seven months in a foreign country.

"On June 19, 2024, Kovacik decided to voluntarily return to the United States from Ireland," the court filing states. "Kovacik advised that he... had recently decided to voluntarily withdraw his asylum claim and return to the United States because he felt 'homesick.'" Kovacik then flew into Minneapolis, where he was "promptly arrested".



https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-riot-arrests-2668800107/


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