A suspect in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, who gained some online notoriety saying “just wanted to incriminate myself a little lol” regarding his actions, reportedly greeted law enforcement officers coming to arrest him with a shirt declaring “I Was There.”
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According to the Associated Press, Garrett Miller was arrested for his role in the riots wearing a shirt with former President Donald Trump’s picture on it, and the proclamation, “I Was There, Washington D.C., January 6, 2021.”
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The article noted that prosecutors are requesting that the judge in the case keep Miller jailed while he awaits trial for charges related to his activity. The article noted the ways in which Miller hasn’t exactly helped himself out in the case.
For instance, Miller told his mother, on a recorded call immediately after his arrest, said, “I don’t feel that I’ve done anything wrong and now I’m being locked up.”
Justice Department has charged Garret Miller of Texas for threatening to ‘assassinate’ Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
He faces five criminal charges arising from his participation in the pro-Trump riot #AOC pic.twitter.com/HN6mEIceh9— ERIC JEM
(@mubazieric) January 23, 2021
Miller was also very online the day of the riots, posting a selfie of himself inside the Capitol building. When another Facebook user checked in by saying, “bro you got in?! Nice!” he replied, “just wanted to incriminate myself a little lol.”
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He also threatened to assassinate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) online, responding to her “Impeach” tweet with a tweet saying, literally, “Assassinate AOC.”
AOC took to Twitter on the arrest at the time, pairing Miller’s “Just wanted to incriminate myself a little” with a snarky, “Well, you did!”
She did follow up, however, with a more sober, “On one hand you have to laugh, and on the other know that the reason they were this brazen is because they thought they were going to succeed.”
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The AP story also documented Miller’s Jan. 10 Instagram post, who said the officer “who shot and killed a woman in the crowd of rioters should get a televised execution,” according to prosecutors. who went on to say, “Miller believed the officer was a Black man and called him a ‘prize to be taken.’”
“He will swing,” he allegedly wrote. “I had a rope in my bag on that day.”
Though his defense attorney contends he has no prior history of violence, prosecutors do not kindly on how Miller conducted himself on Jan. 6.
“By bringing tactical gear, ropes, and potentially, by his own admission, a gun to the Capitol on January 6, 2021,” prosecutors remarked, “Miller showed that he was not just caught up in the frenzy of the crowd but instead came to D.C. with the intention of disrupting the democratic process of counting and certifying Electoral College votes.”
*First Published: March 30, 2021, 10:36 am
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