Vitali GossJankowski, who was found guilty on various charges for his role in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, resisted federal agents attempting to handcuff him in a courtroom on Monday.
GossJankowski was ordered to be placed in jail awaiting his sentencing after allegedly targeting law enforcement in text messages, and he got into a fight with agents as he was ordered to be handcuffed, according to CBS News.
COURT CHALLENGES TO KEEP TRUMP OFF 2024 ELECTION BALLOTS BEGIN IN TWO STATES
Marshals order courtroom cleared as GossJankowski is physically resisting agents who are trying to cuff him. He makes gutteral screams and fights off agents.
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) October 30, 2023
CBS News’s Scott MacFarlane reported that GossJankowski was making “gutteral screams” as he was fighting off agents. Because it occurred in a federal courtroom, cameras were not permitted in the facility. GossJankowski was eventually controlled with the help of “seven to eight agents,” with MacFarlane reporting that it “took a while for Feds to contain him,” because GossJankowski is “built like a Division-1 linebacker.”
GossJankowski was found guilty of various crimes by a jury in March for his role in the riot. The charges included obstructing, impeding, or interfering with law enforcement during a civil disorder; corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding before Congress; and forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, or interfering with a law enforcement officer on account of his official duties.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
The hearing where the confrontation occurred was to consider a motion by the Justice Department to revoke GossJankowski’s post trial release pending a sentencing hearing. In the motion to the court, the DOJ alleged that GossJankowski “has made, or attempted to make, contact, via harassing texts, with one of the law enforcement officers involved in this case.” Judge Paul Friedman sided with the DOJ and ruled GossJankowski should be jailed.
GossJankowski, who is from Florida, was a student in Washington, D.C., when he participated in the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in a bid to interrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 presidential election.
