Online sleuths help FBI arrest Michigan bodybuilder caught on video assaulting officer at Jan 6 riot [View all]
The FBI has arrested a Michigan bodybuilder and right-wing conspiracy theorist for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the bureau told Metro Times on Tuesday.
Logan Barnhart is in custody and faces multiple federal charges after he was seen on video grabbing a D.C. Metropolitan police officer and dragging him down the steps of the Capitol, where the officer was beaten by another insurrectionist with an American flag pole.
The FBI had been trying to identify Barnhart for months and referred to him as 128-AFO. He was wanted for assaulting federal officers.
Sedition Hunters, online sleuths who team up to help identify insurrectionists, helped track down Barnhart using a facial recognition website. They found Barnhart on Instagram, bodybuilding websites, and even on the covers of several romance novels.
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The FBI used this photo of Logan Barnhart in an attempt to identify him.
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