Christopher Douglas Finney is an American man from New York, United States. The state is around 226 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.
Finney is accused of joining the U.S. Capitol riot. Here are 10 more things about him:
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He is a resident of Hopewell Junction, Ontario County, New York.
On November 15, 2020, while attending a rally in Washington, D.C., he used his cellphone to record himself saying, “I, Chris Finney, am a proud western chauvinist and I refuse for helping create the modern world.”
On November 21, 2020, he bought a Cyclone light weight plate carrier vest.
On January 4, 2021, a credit card in the name of his girlfriend was used to buy 3M Scotchguard Anti-Fog Goggles, CE 36-inch Plenum Cable Ties and HDX 11-inch Bulk UV Resist Zip Ties at a Home Depot in Mohegan Lake, Westchester County, New York. In 2020, he married her.
On January 6, 2021, he attended a rally in Washington, D.C. before entering the U.S. Capitol building wearing a black baseball cap with the visor turned towards the back, a hand-held radio, a protective plate carrier vest and plastic goggles with a red border. Before entering, he recorded a video of himself saying, “We’re gonna storm the Capitol. They’re not gonna keep us outta there. We’re gonna make sure that this is done correct and that Donald Trump is still our president.”
On June 26, 2022, a New York State Police trooper arrested him for driving while intoxicated and refusing to take a breath test. He was intoxicated when he was involved in an automobile accident in Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York while driving a a 2009 Yamaha motorcycle.
On January 19, 2023, the New York State Police trooper who arrested him on June 26, 2022 was shown photos of him taken inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 and confirmed that he was the man he had arrested.
On February 1, 2024, U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey signed a criminal complaint filed by a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent against him.
On February 8, 2024, FBI agents arrested him in Hopewell Junction.
He was 32 years old when he was arrested on February 8, 2024. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, he was charged with obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, 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 U.S. Capitol building, act of physical violence in the U.S. Capitol grounds or buildings, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a U.S. Capitol building.
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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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