A US Capitol riot suspect who fled the United States has been granted refugee status in Belarus, according to Belarusian state-owned television BelTA.
Highlights
- A US Capitol riot suspect who fled the United States has been granted refugee status in Belarus.
- The California man, Evan Neumann, went to Europe after being charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
- Neumann is accused of punching two officers at the Capitol on January 6 and using a metal barricade as a “battering ram” to strike officers trying to stop the attack.
- A federal grand jury in Washington indicted Neumann in December on 14 charges, including assaulting a police officer and engaging in physical violence on Capitol grounds.
- “I am glad Belarus took care of me.
- I am upset to find myself in a situation where I have problems