"(CNN)A US Capitol riot suspect who fled the United States has been
granted refugee status in Belarus, according to Belarusian state-owned television BelTA.

The California man, Evan Neumann, went to Europe after being charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Neumann initially settled in Ukraine, he said in an interview in November, but
he claims he traveled to Belarus on foot after noticing that Ukrainian authorities were following him.

"Today I have mixed feelings," Neumann told BelTA on Tuesday. "I am glad Belarus took care of me. I am upset to find myself in a situation where
I have problems in my own country."

BelTA wrote on social media that Neumann had been forced to leave the US because of "politically motivated charges." BelTA also posted images of
Neumann with a government official, shaking hands and holding his new
travel documents.

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. 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 mob.

Neumann does not have a lawyer, according to court records. As recently
as two weeks ago, the court listed him as a "fugitive.""

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/22/politics/evan-neumann-belarus-political-asylum-january-6/index.html

FBI wanted poster:

"EVAN NEUMANN
Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Influencing, Impeding, or Retaliating Against a Federal Official;
Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly
or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted
Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in
Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of
Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading,
Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building"

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/additional/evan-neumann

I'm betting he'll be ready to come home and face the music before
2024.

TB

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