US attorney for area: Travel from Ohio to DC to commit crimes? You will be prosecuted.

A protester with a tactical shield sits in a hallway of the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2020, after supporters of President Donald Trump breached security and entered the building. A mob of people loyal to President Trump stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, halting Congress’s counting of the electoral votes to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory as the police evacuated lawmakers from the building in a scene of violence, chaos and disruption that shook the core of American democracy. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

A protester with a tactical shield sits in a hallway of the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2020, after supporters of President Donald Trump breached security and entered the building. A mob of people loyal to President Trump stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, halting Congress’s counting of the electoral votes to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory as the police evacuated lawmakers from the building in a scene of violence, chaos and disruption that shook the core of American democracy. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
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U.S. Attorney David DeVillers of the Southern District of Ohio says anyone who traveled from southern Ohio to D.C. to participate in crimes at the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday will be prosecuted in the Southern District of Ohio.

“Make no mistake … Federal crimes were committed today at our nation’s Capital building. Anyone who traveled from the Southern District of Ohio with the intent to commit such crimes will be prosecuted in the Southern District of Ohio,” DeVillers tweeted on Wednesday.

An angry group of President Donald Trump supporters entered the U.S. Capitol building, which went into lockdown.

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