Elliot Resnick was arrested after video revealed the former top editor of The Jewish Press grabbing and holding the arm of a Capitol police sergeant during the Jan. 6 riot.
A former top editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York City was arrested Thursday on charges that he interfered with police officers who were trying to protect the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
The FBI arrested Resnick in New York City on charges including civil disorder and assault of or interference with law enforcement. Clay Kaminsky, an attorney representing Resnick in New York, declined to comment on the charges. At the time, The Jewish Press publisher Naomi Mauer told Politico that the newspaper believed Resnick "acted within the law." A statement from The Jewish Press editorial board confirmed Resnick was in the Capitol on Jan. 6 and had been "covering the rally and the rest of the day's terrible events" for the newspaper.
Before the riot, Resnick posted social media messages echoing Trump's baseless claims that Democrats stole the election from him, according to posts cited by the FBI affidavit. Approximately 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot. Several riot defendants have claimed that they were acting as journalists when they joined the mob in entering the Capitol, but prosecutors and judges have routinely rejected those claims.
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