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Colorado man outed by family member for participating in Jan. 6 riot in Washington D.C.

A Colorado man accused of entering House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot was arrested in Denver on Wednesday, according to online court documents. 

Hunter Palm was identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation officials on Jan. 8 after receiving a written letter identifying Palm as a participant in the riot. The witness identified themselves as a family member, according to court documents. 

He appeared in federal court in Denver on Wednesday and was released on a personal recognizance bond. 

Court documents did not reveal where Palm lives, but say he will report to a probation officer in Colorado Springs and is restricted from leaving the state while on bond. 

Palm was interviewed by FBI investigators on Feb. 6 with legal counsel where he admitted to entering the Capitol building and gave the FBI his cell phone and a flash drive with videos and evidence of the day of the riots. 

Additionally, Palm provided investigators with the clothes he wore on the day of the riots, including a black hat with a white American flag with a blue stripe in the middle and a blue and red flag with white stars and the words “TRUMP” and “Keep America Great,” according to court documents. 

During his interview, Palm told officials he was pushed into the Capitol building, however surveillance video shows him entering the building freely.

In the videos provided by Palm, it shows him chanting “Stop the Steal” with others, being a part of a crowd that pushed past law enforcement and entering a conference room in Pelosi’s office, according to court documents. 

While inside the conference room, Palm’s video shows him sitting at the head of the table and saying “I think I like my dining room. I pay for it.” In addition, an “open-source video” shows Palm inside the conference room with his feet on the table, while he holds his phone up.

Palm is accused of committing obstruction of justice/Congress, knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in restrict building grounds and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. 

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