Michael Gerard Fournier biography: 10 things about US Capitol riot suspect from Portland, Maine
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Michael Gerard Fournier is an American man from Maine, United States. The state is around 672.7 miles away from Washington, D.C., USA.
On November 3, 2020, Joe Biden won the United States presidential election, defeating Donald Trump. On January 6, 2021, Trump’s supporters breached the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. while a joint session of U.S. Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Biden’s victory.
Fournier is accused of joining the U.S. Capitol riot. Here are 10 more things about him:
He is a resident of Portland, Maine.
He is 31 years younger than Trump.
On January 6, 2021, he entered the U.S. Capitol building wearing a red sweatshirt, a scarf, a red bucket hat, sunglasses and an orange cross-body bag slung over his back and carrying a canned beverage in his right hand.
On January 11, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation received a tip from someone who knew him indicating that he was at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
On November 3, 2021, FBI agents met with his brother, who confirmed that he was in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021.
On December 3, 2021, his then-attorney Michael Zerillo voluntarily provided a detailed letter to the FBI in which he admitted to being inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
On August 22, 2022, his brother confirmed that he was inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
On January 19, 2024, U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya signed a criminal complaint filed by an FBI special agent against him.
On January 22, 2024, he was arrested in Portland.
He was 46 years old when he was arrested on January 22, 2024. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, he was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a capitol building or grounds; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a U.S. Capitol building.
If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.
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