Stephanie Hazelton, of Medford, who also identifies herself as Ayla Wolf, can be seen on video posted to YouTube directing a crowd that was pushing through the building’s West Terrace entrance.
Prosecutors say Patrick Stedman who bills himself to Twitter followers as an expert in “female psychology,” chronicled storming the Capitol with fellow Trump supporters, then tried to blame antifa.
“More people, we gotta keep going,” Stephanie Hazelton said as she waved people into the West Terrace tunnel, where police were being crushed and beaten.
Law enforcement in Pennsylvania and New Jersey were prepared for violence Sunday, but the streets remained quiet and largely clear of Trump loyalists protesting the election of Joe Biden.
Law enforcement in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey are bracing for violence following a rare bulletin put out by the FBI Monday indicating armed demonstrations are planned at all 50 state capitals.
Racial justice activists watched in horror but not surprise as loyalists of President Donald Trump destabilized the transition of power in the halls of the Capitol, and most walked out unscathed.
Trump, whose Twitter account has been suspended, incited the mob. The outcome was never in doubt, but a huge number of congressional Republicans backed the effort to overturn the will of the voters.
Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican, said on Fox News Sunday that if Trump fails to sign the package, he’ll be “remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior.”
