Aaron Mostofsky

Aaron Mostofsky is a white man of Jewish descent. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He is from Brooklyn, New York, United States. (a)
2. 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)
3. He works as an architectural assistant at Eyal Levitt Architect P.C. in Brooklyn. (b)
4. He is a registered Democrat. (c)
5. 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 in Washington, D.C., USA on January 6, 2021. They 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. (a)
6. His brother Nachman Mostofsky, the vice president of the South Brooklyn Conservative Club, believed he was “not part of the riot” inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021 and “did nothing illegal.” (a)
7. He went to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 with Nachman, who is also the executive director of politically conservative Orthodox advocacy organization Chovevei Zion. Unlike him, his brother did not enter the building. (d)
8. 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 Capitol and suggested it was carried out by the anti-fascist group Antifa. (d)
9. 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. on January 6, 2021. (e)
10. When asked about the USPC 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.” (f)
11. 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.” (f)
12. 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)
13. He owns Aaron Mostofsky Expediting, an approved company based in Brooklyn. Its approval will expire on October 23, 2021. (g)

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. official website of New York City