NonilexMar 20, 2024

A #conservative #SocialMedia #influencer, #IsabellaDeLuca, was #arrested on misdemeanor charges related to her involvement in #Jan6…, including accusations that she helped to steal a table that the #FBI says was used to #assault officers, acc/to court docs.

DeLuca, 24, of Setauket, NY, was arrested on Friday in Irvine, CA, on several charges, including #theft, #trespassing & #DisorderlyConduct.

#DOJ #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/us/politics/isabella-deluca-jan-6.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Conservative Influencer Is Charged in Jan. 6 Attack

Isabella DeLuca, 24, helped to steal a table that rioters used to assault law enforcement, according to a criminal complaint.

The New York Times
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DeLuca participated in & livestreamed the… [#insurrection] & helped steal a table that was used as a weapon against law enforcement….

After DeLuca “passed the table out of the window,” acc/to the complaint, she appeared to use her cellphone to record video or take photographs of rioting. She later deleted several #socialmedia posts relating to the attack in a likely “attempt to thwart any subsequent #criminal investigation,” acc/to the complaint, which was prepared by an #FBI agent.

#law #MAGA

Mar 20, 2024 at 2:44amWeb
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…Surveillance footage showed #IsabellaDeLuca entering the Capitol through a broken window, where she & other *rioters* removed a coffee table worth >$600 & passed it to others outside through another broken window, the FBI said. She continued taking photos as other [#insurgents] cont’d stealing furniture, incl’g a lamp & a chair, & passing them to the [#insurrectionists] outside.

“The table legs were broken off at some point…” per the complaint, 1…was used …to attack a #law enforcement officer.

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Another rioter appeared to use the table itself to attack law enforcement, the FBI said.

Just before 6PM, #IsabellaDeLuca, acc/to the complaint, “messaged an acquaintance on Instagram, ‘It’s insanity here’ & ‘I got maced & had a sound bomb go off right next to me.’” She continued posting about the attack on #socialmedia over the next several days.

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Until Mon, #IsabellaDeLuca had been an unpaid volunteer media assoc at the Gold Institute for International Strategy, a research org in Washington, #DC focused on #NationalSecurity issues, its president, Eli M. Gold, said. She was hired for the role last May. The institute was unaware that she had been facing #criminal charges until being contacted by reporters… “Following further internal investigation, we felt it necessary to sever our relationship,” Gold said.

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#IsabellaDeLuca’s other experience included congressional internships w/ Rep #PaulGosar of #Arizona & fmr Rep #LeeZeldin of #NewYork, both #Republicans…. A spox for Zeldin said that DeLuca had briefly been an unpaid volunteer working w/a staff member in the congressman’s #LongIsland district & that neither Zeldin or members of his staff had been aware that she was at the #Jan6 Capitol during the *riot* [#insurrection].

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