Aaron Mostofsky biography: 10 things about Shlomo Mostofsky’s son from Brooklyn, New York

Aaron Mostofsky is a white man of Jewish descent. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He is from Brooklyn, New York, United States. He worked as an architectural assistant at Eyal Levitt Architect P.C. in Brooklyn. _(a)(b)
2. He is a registered Democrat. _(c)
3. His brother Nachman Mostofsky is the vice president of the South Brooklyn Conservative Club and the executive director of politically conservative Orthodox advocacy organization Chovevei Zion. _(a)
4. His father Steven Shlomo Mostofsky was the president of the National Council of Young Israel from 2000 to 2012 and was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court in New York in January 2020. _(a)
5. On January 6, 2021, he went to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., USA with Nachman. He wore fur pelts and a bullet proof vest when he joined his fellow Donald Trump supporters as they breached the U.S. Capitol building and disrupted a joint session of Congress to certify the vote of the Electoral College and affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. He held a wooden stick and a U.S. Capitol Police riot shield as he sat outside the Senate chambers. He was allowed to leave without arrest after the riot. Unlike him, Nachman did not enter the building. He was “not part of the riot” inside the U.S. Capitol building that day and “did nothing illegal,” according to Nachman. _(a)(d)
6. Before he was identified as one of the people who breached the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, Nachman condemned the violence at the U.S. Capitol and suggested it was carried out by the anti-fascist group Antifa. The Metro Police Department of the District of Columbia named him as one of the persons of interest in unrest-related offenses accused of unlawful entry at the U.S. Capitol Grounds at around 1:30 p.m. that day. When asked about the USCP riot shield he was wearing during the riot inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, he claimed he “found it on the floor.” He said he participated in the disruption of the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election because he believed that “close to 85 million” voted for Trump and not 75 million people. For him, Congress members should not be afraid of the riot inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021 but should instead “get the courage to do their duty to examine the fraud and maybe delay the election.” _(d)(e)(f)
7. On January 12, 2021, he was arrested at his brother’s home in Brooklyn and was charged with theft of government property, knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, impeding government business and unlawful entry and disorderly conduct. _(c)
8. He owns Aaron Mostofsky Expediting, an approved company based in Brooklyn. Its approval expired on October 23, 2021. _(g)
9. On May 6, 2022, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg sentenced him to eight months in prison and one year of supervised release and ordered him to perform 200 hours of community service and pay $2,000 in restitution. _(h)
10. He was 35 years old he was sentenced to eight months in prison on May 6, 2022. _(h)

SOURCES:

• _{a. Gothamist}
• _{b. Dun & Bradstreet}
• _{c. New York Daily News}
• _{d. Jewish Telegraphic Agency} 
• _{e. Metro Police Department of the District of Columbia}
• _{f. The New York Post}
• _{g. New York City}
• _{h. Associated Press}