Belarus grants asylum to suspect in US Capitol riot

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A former California resident facing federal charges in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has been granted asylum in Belarus. Evan Neumann, 49, told state media that he traveled to Italy last year before making his way to the former Soviet nation.

FILE - Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Evan Neumann, a former San Francisco Bay Area resident facing federal criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, has been granted asylum in Belarus, the former Soviet nation's state media reported Tuesday, March 23, 2022.

SAN FRANCISCO — A former San Francisco Bay Area resident facing federal criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has been granted asylum in Belarus, the former Soviet nation’s state media reported Tuesday. Evan Neumann, 49, was charged a year ago with assaulting police, including using a metal barricade as a battering ram during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. In an interview with Belarus 1 channel that aired last year, he acknowledged being at the building that day but rejected the charges and saidThe move comes a month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. U.S.

 

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Coward

Hey 'The parliament of the republic proclaimed the sovereignty of Belarus on 27 July 1990, and during the dissolution of the Soviet Union' Belarus is Belarus, Soviet union dissolved on December 26, 1991.

Patriots don’t seek asylum in the former Soviet Union, so they can all stop with that bullshit now.

Imagine owning yourself SO HARD that you are forced to move from California to a real fascist country in Belarus. JUST THE FINEST PEOPLE

Enjoy your stay!

The party of Law & Order…

That’s a great place for soulless traitors that don’t deserve the privilege of living in the USA.

So… he’s fleeing “tyranny” by taking up residence in a tryannical state. Sure.

wow

In some Canadian jail, Pat King is watching this intently.

Wish him luck and good riddance!

'He owns a handbag manufacturing business.' 🤨

Take Moscow Mitch with you.

Now he can add fleeing prosecution to his charges. If he ever comes back he will be easily looking at double his sentence

Patriot.

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