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NY men charged after being photographed in Capitol breach

by Carolyn Thompson
| January 14, 2021 1:27 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York man who was recorded trying to set fire to news media equipment and walking through the U.S. Capitol during last week’s siege appeared for a remote hearing Thursday in federal court, where his lawyer said his actions were “peaceful in nature.”

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