An Oklahoma man was arrested last week for his alleged role in the US Capitol riot after one of his college fraternity brothers reported to the FBI.
Levi Roy Gable, 36, was arrested in Tulsa on Thursday and charged with four counts of illegally entering the Capitol and engaging in disruptive conduct on January 6, 2021.
According to an FBI affidavit, Gable’s brother notified the FBI about 15 years earlier, in the days following the riots. He said he saw a series of videos posted on Gable’s Facebook account that appeared to be filmed from inside the Capitol.
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“I was among the first to make my way into the US Capitol building,” Gable said in a post, according to the FBI. “People in the building were opposed to First Vice President Mike Pence’s statement that he would not stand with the American people and to challenge the results of the stolen 2020 presidential election. The evidence is indisputable for anyone looking at election fraud allegations objectively, provided you’re looking elsewhere other than fake news and social media.
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Supporters of former President Donald Trump, fueled by his lies that the 2020 election was rigged, surrounded the Capitol in an attempt to prevent certification of the election by Congress. After Pence refused to participate in the effort, Trump supporters condemned him. Some rioters in the Capitol were heard chanting for him to be hanged.
In an interview with the FBI on January 21, 2021, Gable denied ever going inside the Capitol, the affidavit said. However, he admitted that he traveled to Washington, D.C. on January 5 and attended a January 6 rally before the riots.
The FBI said it had found several surveillance videos that showed Gable inside the building. Gable deleted his own Facebook posts and reportedly told the FBI that he did so because he had heard he was being “harassed” to attend a rally on January 6.
According to The Oklahoman, Gable was released from custody after agreeing to pay $10,000.
To date, more than 800 people have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the Capitol violations in the past year, including more than 250 individuals charged with assaulting or obstructing law enforcement. Is.
The FBI has received thousands of tips, many of them linked to the rioters’ social media activity, and is under investigation.
