A Manhattan man who previously worked as editor of The Jewish Press found himself in handcuffs Thursday for his alleged participation in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors announced.
Elliot Resnick, 39, was allegedly part of the mob of Trump supporters, white supremacists and militia members who attacked the Capitol more than two years ago in a concerted effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. At the time, Resnick was the chief editor of The Jewish Press, which professes to be the largest Jewish weekly newspaper in America.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia, Resnick traveled to Washington, DC on Jan. 6, 2021 and was not aHe and thousands of others had converged upon the Capitol after a rally that then-President Donald Trump held near the White House, during which Trump spouted numerous lies about the election being stolen from him.
In one instance, according to the charges, Resnick allegedly grabbed hold of a U.S. Capitol Police officer who was using pepper spray to try to prevent the insurrectionists from breaching the East Rotunda. The officers’ efforts to stop the attackers were to no avail, prosecutors said, and Resnick was allegedly one of the first marauders to enter the East Rotunda, at about 2:26 p.m. on that day of infamy.
As for Resnick, prosecutors said, he was inside the Capitol for close to an hour, and allegedly abetted in allowing other protesters to come inside. He was caught on camera numerous times by media members and Metropolitan Police Department officers who responded to the attack.
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