PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials.”
The remark came in a motion prosecutors filed late Thursday in the case against Jacob Chansley.
He is the Arizona man who took part in the insurrection while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns.
Prosecutors say that after Chansley climbed up to the dais where Vice President Mike Pence had been presiding moments earlier, Chansley wrote a threatening note to Pence.
They said the note read: “It’s only a matter of time, justice is coming.”
Chansley attorney Gerald Williams didn’t return a phone call and email Friday morning seeking comment.
