Jake Angeli, January 6, 2021, during the invasion of the Capitol, Washington.

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Three of the pro-Trump protesters whose photos have toured the world since their violent intrusion on the Capitol on Wednesday have been arrested and charged, the Justice Department said on Saturday.

Jacob Anthony Chansley, aka Jake Angeli, the shirtless, buffalo horned and painted conspirator who had magnetized photographers and cameras across Capitol Hill, was arrested and charged with unlawful trespassing and violent conduct on Capitol Hill, said the ministry in a press release.

“This individual was armed with a two-meter-long spear with an American flag attached just under the blade,” the statement said.

Originally from Arizona, this thirty-something, who calls himself a "spiritual warrior" and calls himself "The Wolf of Yellowstone", has already been seen many times during pro-Trump demonstrations in Phoenix in recent months, systematically wearing his famous cap.

He presents himself as a “digital soldier of QAnon”, the conspiratorial movement of which Donald Trump is the hero and which saw Wednesday's intrusion as a triumph.

Several indictments

Adam Johnson, the 30-year-old in the Trump hat pictured all smiles carrying the desk of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was arrested Friday and charged with the same counts but also with theft.

Finally Derrick Evans, an elected member of the Parliament of the State of West Virginia who had filmed himself breaking into Congress by force shouting "Derrick Evans is on Capitol Hill!"

Was arrested Friday at his home and charged with illegal trespassing and violent conduct.

On Friday, the ministry had already announced 13 indictments for trespassing and disorder, and the arrest in Arkansas of Richard Barnett, the man pictured with his foot on Nancy Pelosi's desk.

Among those prosecuted are a man who had eleven Molotov cocktails in a vehicle parked near Congress, another who punched a Capitol Hill policeman while forcing his way through, and a third entered with a loaded gun in the Congress precinct.

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