Jan. 6 rioter applies for asylum in Canada after refusing to report to prison for storming Capitol with his mom [View all]

Source: Law & Crime

Dec 28th, 2024, 3:36 pm


An Indiana man convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 with his mother has reportedly applied for asylum in Canada — and is already living there, apparently — after failing to report to prison over the summer to serve his sentence. Antony Vo, a former Bloomington resident, was supposed to spend nine months behind bars after being found guilty of multiple charges last year, including entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, violent entry or disorderly conduct in a Capitol building or grounds and parading, and demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

But he went to Canada instead, according to the CW affiliate WISH. “Our country, ourselves, we have a long history of standing up for our rights, what we believe in,” Vo told the outlet. “The majority of Jan. 6 people have been held more than accountable.” Sources told CBS News in August that there was an “active effort” underway to find Vo after he failed to report to the federal correctional facility in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he was slated to serve out his sentence.

He had already drawn scrutiny and been reprimanded by the judge in his Jan. 6 case — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversaw Donald Trump‘s election fraud case before it was axed — for violating pretrial release conditions and referring to himself as a “Jan. 6 wrongful convict,” in addition to blasting the judicial system as convicting him in a “kangaroo court.”

A source told CBS authorities suspected Vo could be in Canada, but his location couldn’t be confirmed. According to WISH, he’s currently living across the northern border with his mother — who got hit with federal charges in August for her alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 riots — as they seek refugee status.

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