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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:19 PM Tuesday

High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping, sexual assault

A U.S. Capitol riot defendant who was while among the mob on Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021, now faces charges of sexual assault and kidnapping in Utah.

Prosecutors allege John Banuelos, 40, attacked a woman in the Salt Lake City area in 2018, three years prior to his alleged involvement in the Capitol siege, according to court filings obtained by CBS News.

A DNA test conducted in August linked Banuelos to the 2018 sex assault, prosecutors allege in a charging document filed in Utah.

Banuelos' charges in his U.S. Capitol riot case were dismissed and he was released from custody in January 2025, after President Trump to the more than 1,500 people convicted of charges stemming from the Capitol attack.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/high-profile-jan-6-defendant-231928541.html

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High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping, sexual assault (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP
No doube he'll be pardoned again........ MyOwnPeace Tuesday #1
Presumably these would be State-level charges AZJonnie Tuesday #2
There's hope in that...... MyOwnPeace Tuesday #3
One of many violent thugs and sex predators released upon the public by the GOP struggle4progress Tuesday #4

MyOwnPeace

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3. There's hope in that......
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 06:47 PM
Tuesday

but then ‘Blondie Bondi’ will charge the state’s AG or whoever else has the guts to challenge a ‘tRump’ plan.

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