The former top editor of a Brooklyn-based Jewish newspaper has been arrested on charges tied to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Resnick, 39, is alleged to have been one of the first rioters to push his way inside the Capitol through the east rotunda doors. According to court documents, he was among a group that rushed up the stairs when the police line fell near the East Plaza and illegally entered the building.that leading up to the riot, Resnick had repeatedly posted on social media questioning 2020 election results.
Video from Jan. 6 showed Resnick grabbing and holding the arm of a Capitol Police officer who was using a chemical irritant to keep rioters from breaching the Capitol doors, the FBI investigator said. After the doors were breached, Resnick pulled other rioters into the Capitol with him and remained in the building for close to an hour, court documents say. Resnick is also alleged to have been seen, on Washington, Metropolitan, police body camera video, walking around restricted Capitol grounds after having left the building.
At the time of the riot, Resnick was employed by The Jewish Press, where he had worked in various roles for 14 years before he became chief editor. He left in May 2021.
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