Two brothers arrested during Capitol insurrection identified after giving interview about riot to Finnish newspaper, FBI says

• Kevin Cordon, 33, and Sean Carlo Cordon, 35, were arrested Tuesday morning.

• They are among hundreds of people accused of participating in the Capitol riot on January 6.

• The brothers gave an interview to the Finnish press after storming the Capitol, according to the FBI.

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Two brothers accused of involvement in the Capitol insurrection have been identified by the FBI after an anonymous informant in Finland spotted them during an interview on a Finnish newspaper's website.

Kevin Cordon, 33, and Sean Carlo Cordon, 35, were arrested Tuesday morning and charged with a number of counts related to the Jan. 6 insurrection, including violent entry and disorderly conduct on the Capitol grounds, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Insider. and first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

The FBI tracked the brothers to Los Angeles County after being tipped off to a video posted on the website of the Finnish newspaper Ilta Sanomat, which showed a man giving an interview to the paper's American correspondent after the riot while another man was standing nearby, according to a report. criminal complaint.

“There were people fighting with the cops, and that's when I got hit by a projectile – I'm not sure what it was,” he can be heard saying a man wearing an American flag as a cape who has since been identified by the FBI as Cordon. in the interview video. “And then from there we walked towards the broken windows and into the Capitol building. We were walking down the halls and the Trump supporters were all going crazy.”

He also called the storming of the Capitol a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” for him and others during the interview.

“It is clear that this election was stolen, there is so much damning evidence, and the establishment, the media, big tech are completely ignoring all of this – and we are here to show them that we cannot do it. We “I’m not just going to accept that,” he added.

FBI agent Shane Anderson verified Kevin Cordon and Sean Carlo Cordon in the video by comparing their appearances to their driver's licenses, as well as investigating phone records, flight records and Twitter feeds, according to the complaint criminal.

In addition to the interview, the men were also seen on surveillance footage on Capitol grounds, according to the criminal complaint.

Kevin Cordon and Sean Carlo Cordon were released on $50,000 bail and will be monitored by electronic location monitoring while awaiting trial.

More than 300 people have been charged with federal and local crimes in the Capitol riot, which erupted as Congress debated Electoral College votes in the 2020 election.

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