A Brooklyn man who, along with others, physically resisted law enforcement efforts to stop the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was charged Wednesday with several crimes for what prosecutors said was his role in the riot used to be. .

The man, Mitchell Bosch, was charged with crimes of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or obstructing certain officers, as well as several misdemeanors including being illegally on Capitol grounds, prosecutors said. He was not charged with entering the building.

Mr. Bosch, 44, was released without bail after an initial appearance in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. Wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and gray sweatpants, he told Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon that he had moved to Florida in September and planned to travel there on Sunday. He and the federal public defender who represented him at the appearance declined to speak to reporters. As in other attacks on the Capitol, he will be prosecuted in Washington.

According to the Justice Department, Mr. Bosch is among more than 1,300 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot. He and other supporters of former President Donald J. Trump descended on the Capitol in an attempt to halt the certification of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. A federal investigation into the day's events continues.

Mr. Trump, who is seeking the Republican nomination in this year's presidential election, faces federal charges of conspiracy and other crimes stemming from the riot. He has pleaded not guilty.

An FBI agent, citing video footage from police officers' body-worn cameras, Capitol security cameras and other sources, described in a court filing how Mr. Bosch had joined other rioters in resisting an attempt by officers to to keep the crowd at bay that day. .

The footage, the officer said, shows Mr. Bosch “directly pushing against officers, assisting other rioters in pushing against officers, and encouraging other rioters to resist police.”

At one point, Mr. Bosch is seen moving into a line of officers, raising his hands toward an officer's riot shield and using his body to push on the shield as rioters around him do the same, the officer said. He stayed at the front of the crowd as it pushed the police line back several feet, the officer said.

A short time later, the officer said, body-worn camera footage shows Mr. Bosch moving to the back of the crowd and yelling at the rioters to “hold the line!” He then rushed back to the front of the crowd amid another confrontation between officers and rioters, the officer said. He was also involved in several other altercations, the officer said.

Mr. Bosch was previously arrested multiple times after participating protests against Covid-19 vaccine mandates in New York City, according to news reports. A registered Republican, he announced a run for a Brooklyn city council seat last year but was not eligible for the vote. He said on a financial disclosure form filed in connection with the federal case that he owned several rental properties and was a retired member of the armed forces.

Mr. Bosch is at least the fourth New York State man arrested this month on various felony charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

The others are Christopher D. Finney, 32, of Hopewell Junction, who faces charges including obstruction of an official proceeding; Aaron D. Sauer, 43, of Syracuse, who is charged, among other things, with assaulting, resisting or obstructing certain officers; and James Weeks, 55, of Sodus, who is charged with the same crime. All three are charged with civil disorder.

Karen Zraick reporting contributed.

A Pennsylvania hairdresser whose violent attacks on police on Jan. 6, 2021, were widely seen as the tipping point in the storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob was convicted on federal charges on Friday.

The barber, Ryan Samsel, was one of the first people to confront police on Jan. 6 and breached barricades at what is known as the Peace Circle, allowing hundreds of others behind him to breach the Capitol grounds and eventually the building. yourself. Prosecutors at a trial against Mr. Samsel and four co-defendants, who were also convicted of assault and other charges, said the men's actions “ignited a fire that burned in the Capitol for more than four hours.”

The guilty verdicts, handed down by the judge after a trial in Federal District Court in Washington, were the latest reminder that the prosecutions of those who took part in the storming of the Capitol continue even more than three years after the attack. This week alone, charges against at least nine additional defendants were unveiled, bringing the total number of suspects in connection with the attack on the Capitol to more than 1,260.

The attack on the building was also at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign, when former President Donald J. Trump spotlighted those who took part, calling them “hostages” and “political prisoners.” As he has often done with potential political liabilities, Trump has attempted to flip the script on the attack on the Capitol and turn it to his electoral advantage through a campaign of sustained disinformation, built around the claim that the Department of Justice prosecutes him and his supporters. .

Last week, a federal judge in Washington appointed by President Ronald Reagan denounced such efforts to rewrite Jan. 6 history, calling them “shameless,” “ridiculous” and potentially a “danger to our country.”

“In my 37 years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such worthless justifications of criminal activity have become mainstream,” Judge Royce C. Lamberth wrote. “I have been appalled to see distortions and outright falsehoods seep into the public consciousness.”

Mr. Samsel, who was arrested in January 2021, became a well-known figure in the attack on the Capitol after photos and videos emerged of him speaking with Joseph Biggs, a leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys, moments before he approached police . barricades and began confronting the officers behind them.

Videos also showed that Mr. Just before he began attacking police, Samsel was approached by Ray Epps, an Arizona man falsely accused by right-wing pundits and politicians of being an undercover agent who incited the riot as a way to discredit the riot to bring. Mr. Trump's supporters.

While Judge Jia M. Cobb, who presided over the trial, found all defendants guilty of at least some crimes, including obstructing the final certification of the 2020 election, she also acquitted them of federal charges.

Judge Cobb ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove, as the law requires, that the men knowingly got too close to a person protected by the Secret Service — in this case, Vice President Mike Pence, who was in the Capitol on January 6. oversee election certification.

The government has charged hundreds of people with violating the trespass law. But Judge Cobb joined two other Washington judges who recently threw out the indictment in what could spell trouble for the law's use in connection with Jan. 6 riot cases.

A former U.S. Army soldier convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 2004 killing of an Iraqi civilian was charged Monday with assaulting police officers with a baton during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the department announced of Justice known.

The former soldier, Edward Richmond Jr., 40, of Geismar, La., who was arrested Monday in Baton Rouge, faces several federal charges, including civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted area with a deadly or dangerous weapon; and attacking, resisting or hindering certain officers, prosecutors said.

A U.S. Army spokesman, Bryce S. Dubee, confirmed that Mr. Richmond was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 2004, the same year he deployed to Iraq. Mr. Richmond, who served in the military from 2002 to 2008, was sentenced by the military court to a reduction in the rank of soldier, forfeiture of all wages and allowances, three years of confinement and a dishonorable discharge, Mr. Dubee said.

According to The Associated Press, he was released on parole in 2006 with almost a year remaining on his original sentence.

According to The Associated Press, Mr. Richmond killed a cow herder who had been held with the other men in an Iraqi village near Taal Al Jai that the army raided on February 28, 2004. The shepherd, Muhamad Husain Kadir, was handcuffed. when Mr. Richmond shot him in the back of the head from five feet away as the man stumbled, the AP reported.

In his defense, Mr Richmond, then 20, said that although he had not seen Mr Kadir with a weapon, he believed Mr Kadir had lunged to attack another soldier, adding that he had hands of Mr Kadir. was bound according to the telegraph service.

In the Justice Department's announcement on Monday, prosecutors said Mr. Richmond was among a group of about 10 people who traveled from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to attend pro-Trump rallies planned for Jan. 6, when Congress would certify the results. the 2020 presidential election at the Capitol.

Investigators identified Mr. Richmond from several images and footage of the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol, including closed-circuit television footage and video captured by officers' body-worn cameras, according to an affidavit written by an FBI agent filed with the criminal complaint in the US District Court in Washington.

Mr. Richmond is seen in the images filed in the complaint wearing a black helmet, goggles, shoulder pads and a Louisiana state flag patch attached to a camouflage patterned vest.

Closed-circuit television footage shows him sitting among a group of rioters near the tunnel the capital. Body-worn camera footage from officers shows him “using a baton to strike law enforcement officers multiple times,” prosecutors said.

Mr. Richmond will make his first appearance in the U.S. Middle District Court of Louisiana at 10 a.m. Tuesday, said his attorney, John McLindon. He declined to comment on the case.

To date, federal authorities have charged more than 1,265 people in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, including more than 440 charged with “assaulting or obstructing” police officers, according to the Justice Department.

The department's efforts have resulted in more than 720 convictions to date, with sentences ranging from a few days to more than 20 years in prison.

Since mid-November, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group allied with Hamas and backed by Iran, have dozens of attacks launched on ships transiting the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, a crucial shipping route through which 12 percent of world trade passes.

Early Friday morning, the United States and a handful of allies including Britain hit back and launched a rocket attack on Houthi targets in Yemen, further putting the spotlight on the rebels and their long-running armed struggle.

The attack on Houthi bases came a day after the United Nations Security Council voted to condemn “in the strongest terms” at least 20 attacks by the Houthis on merchant and commercial ships, which it said had hampered global trade and had undermined freedom of navigation. .

Here’s a primer on the Houthis, their relationship with Hamas, and the attacks in the Red Sea.

Who are the Houthis?

The Houthis, led by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, are an Iranian-backed group of Shiites rebels who have been fighting the Yemeni government for about twenty years and now control the northwest of the country and the capital Sana.

They have built their ideology around opposition to Israel and the United States, seeing themselves as part of the Iranian-led “axis of resistance,” along with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Their leaders often draw parallels between American-made bombs their forces to defeat Yemen and the poor sent to Israel and used in Gaza.

In 2014, a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened to try to restore the country’s original government after the Houthis seized the capital, starting a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people.

Last April, talks between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia raised hopes of a peace deal that might recognize the Houthis’ right to rule northern Yemen.

The Houthis were once a group of poorly organized rebels strengthened their arsenal in recent years, and it now also includes cruise and ballistic missiles and long-range drones. Analysts credit this expansion to support from Iran, which has supplied militias across the Middle East to expand its own influence.

Why are they attacking ships in the Red Sea?

When the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, the Houthis declared their support for Hamas and said they would target any ship traveling to or leaving Israel.

Yahya Sarea, a Houthi spokesman, has repeatedly said the group is attacking ships to protest the “murder, destruction and siege” in Gaza and to show solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Authorities in Gaza say more than 23,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s bombing campaign and ground offensive that began after Hamas carried out cross-border raids and, according to Israeli authorities, massacred about 1,200 people.

Since November, the Houthis have launched 27 drone and missile attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden that they say are heading to or leaving Israeli ports. The latest was at 2 a.m. Thursday, when a missile landed near a commercial ship, the U.S. military said.

Perhaps the most daring Houthi operation took place on November 19, when armed men a ship hijacked renamed the Galaxy Leader and took it to a Yemeni port, where the 25 crew, mostly Filipinos, were held captive.

How will the attacks affect countries around the world?

Speaking to reporters in Bahrain on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned that continued Houthi attacks in the Red Sea could disrupt supply chains and in turn raise the cost of everyday goods. The Houthis attacks have hit ships linked to more than 40 countries, he said.

The world’s largest container companies, MSC and Maersk, have said they are avoiding the region, and shipping companies are as well. left with difficult options.

Diverting ships around Africa adds 6,000 kilometers and ten days to shipping lanes and requires more fuel. But continuing to use the Red Sea would increase insurance premiums. Either option would cause a bruise the already fragile global economy.

What has the US done to stop the Houthi attacks?

The Biden administration repeatedly condemned the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and established a naval task force to try to contain them.

The task force, called Operation Prosperity Guardian, brought together the United States, Britain and other allies and patrolled the Red Sea to promote, in Mr. Blinken’s words, “the freedom of navigation” and “the freedom of navigation.” to keep.

Bahrain is the only Middle Eastern country to have agreed to this Participate. While many countries in the region rely on trade passing through the Red Sea, many do not want to be associated with the United States, Israel’s closest ally, analysts say.

US and British warships intercepted some Houthi missiles and drones before reaching their targets. On Wednesday, American fighter jets from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with four other warships, intercepted 18 dronesTwo anti-ship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile, the Central Command said in a statement.

On December 31, US Navy helicopters sank three Houthi boats who attacked a commercial freighter.

Vivian Nereim, Ben Hubbard, Peter Eavis, Keith Bradsher, Helene Kuiper And Erik Schmitt reporting contributed.