Feds Nab Texas Brothers Who Tried to 'Unsend' Messages Bragging About Capitol Riot

While the concept of “brotherly love” is usually confined to roughhousing on the couch, the feds allege a pair of Texas siblings extended it to the realm of federal crimes when they attended the Capitol riot together, assaulted police officers, stole a shield, then tried to belatedly cover it all up by deleting incriminating messages.

And Brian and Adam Jackson, from Katy, got more than just a dinner table scolding for it on Tuesday when they were arrested—more than 17 months after the failed insurrection—and charged with several offenses, including assaulting law enforcement officials.

According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Brian Jackson, 47, charged at a line of officers with an American flag pole, while his brother Adam, aged 42, threw a large object at the same officers and surged toward them with what appeared to be a stolen Capitol Police riot shield.

A criminal complaint accompanying the press release includes several pages of detail about incriminating evidence left on the brothers’ social media pages.

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