AVirginia man who admitted to entering the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 riot is suing CNN for defamation.
Jacob Hiles, a charter boat captain, traveled from Virginia Beach to Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, to “express his support for President [Donald] Trump by exercising his 1st Amendment rights guaranteed to him under the United States Constitution,” according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia earlier this week and reviewed by Newsweek.
Hiles pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building in September 2021. He was sentenced in December 2021 to two years of probation and ordered to complete 60 hours of community service.
According to an FBI affidavit, Hiles posted numerous videos and photos on his Facebook page on the day supporters of Trump stormed the Capitol building. They included a selfie he posted that morning with the caption: “Feelin cute…might start a revolution later.”
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