Military told FBI of Capitol riot suspect Gregory Yetman after Jan. 6 attack. He remained free for years

Source: USA Today

Military told FBI of Capitol riot suspect after Jan. 6 attack. He remained free for years

Will Carless
USA TODAY
Published 4:38 p.m. ET Nov. 13, 2023 | Updated 4:38 p.m. ET Nov. 13, 2023

Gregory Yetman, who was arrested by the FBI after a search last week, had been reported to the bureau as a Capitol riot participant by the military shortly after Jan. 6 – yet continued to serve in the National Guard for more than a year, and was not charged until this month, court documents show.

But a New Jersey National Guard official told USA TODAY earlier this year that Yetman continued to serve in the guard for more than a year after that time. He was honorably discharged in March 2022.

The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command identified Yetman to the FBI on Jan. 14, 2021 — eight days after the insurrection, the documents state. Army investigators sent the bureau screenshots from Yetman’s Facebook profile in which he brags about being at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and states “I’m not fighting for this country anymore.” A few days later, FBI investigators interviewed Yetman for about 10 minutes, the documents state.

Indeed, just two months after the day the FBI says he picked up a canister of pepper spray and shot it at Capitol police officers on restricted Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, Yetman attended an annual National Guard training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Maj. Amelia Thatcher told USA TODAY in early 2023.

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