Andrew Joshua Johnson and Whitney Johnson are charged with felony and misdemeanor offenses in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack (Photos from court documents)
A zip-tie-toting Florida man who shouted, “F––– you, this is my house!” and entered then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office during the Jan. 6 insurrection has been arrested with his wife at their Vero Beach home, authorities said.
Andrew Joshua Johnson, 39, and Whitney Johnson, 44, are charged with felony and misdemeanor offenses, authorities said in a news release on Friday.
Andrew Johnson is charged with a felony offense of civil disorder and several misdemeanors, including trespassing and disorderly conduct. Whitney Johnson is charged with felony offenses of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and the same misdemeanors as her husband.
Authorities said video captured the Johnsons’ trip to Washington, starting on the morning of Jan. 6, when they rode the Metro there for then-President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally.
Andrew Joshua Johnson put his fist in the air and sounded an air horn when Trump said, “To use a favorite term that all of you people really came up with, we will stop the steal,” authorities said.
Andrew allegedly did it again after Trump said, “We will not let them silence your voices.”
Video shows the Johnsons marching from the rally to the Capitol and Andrew Johnson entering the Capitol building through the rotunda doors at 2:45 p.m. He allegedly entered McCarthy’s office before returning to the rotunda lobby.
Whitney Johnson entered the Capitol through the rotunda doors at 3:02 p.m.
At about 3:17, while pushing into a crowd inside, Andrew Johnson can be seen in police body camera footage calling the officers “Nazi Stormtroopers” and demanding they “… arrest the f–––––– criminals that occupy this building instead of protecting them!”
Video also shows him shouting, “F––– you, this is my house!” and calling officers “F–––––– oath breakers!” as an officer escorts him out of the rotunda into the rotunda lobby. He pumps his fist in the air and exits the Capitol through the rotunda door at 3:22 p.m. Andrew Johnson is seen in some footage carrying white zip ties and wearing a handheld radio on his chest, court documents said.
The Johnsons initially came to the FBI’s attention on June 28, 2023, when a tipster contacted the FBI’s Washington Field Office and identified the couple as having been present that day.
In the 37 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,313 people have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 469 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, a felony, authorities said.
The couple was ordered to post a bond of $250,000, Treasure Coast Newspapers reported. It was unclear on Saturday if they had attorneys who could speak on their behalf.
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