Shelby Township man is 3rd Michigander charged in connection with US Capitol attack
DETROIT – On Thursday, a Shelby Township man became the third person from Michigan who has been charged in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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James Mels, 56, was formally charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday, Feb. 11. He did not have much to say in court, but he did tell investigators that he found like-minded people on radical online platforms and went to Washington, D.C. with them on Jan. 6.
According to court documents, the FBI received a tip that Mels was at the Capitol during the attack. In an interview with the FBI, Mels told investigators that he entered the Capitol to speak with an officer and give them a copy of the Constitution to “have his voice heard.”
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