A Donald Trump fan who participated in the Jan. 6 attack and then was the subject of a conspiracy theory on Tucker Carlson's former Fox News show has been arrested by the FBI.
WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump fan who participated in the Jan. 6 attack and then was the subject of a conspiracy theory on Tucker Carlson's former Fox News show was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday.
Rally Runner, formerly known as Daniel Donnelly Jr., was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, according to court records. Runner five federal charges, including obstructing, impeding, and interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder.Back in 2021, Joseph McBride, a lawyer who was then representing several Jan. 6 defendants, said on Carlson's show that Runner was"" and an"agent provocateur" who had only dressed up as a Trump fan as part of a scheme to make Trump fans look bad. In fact, Runner was a real Trump fan, as well as a St.
"Disappointed is an understatement," Runner said."For years I believed Trucker was a responsible reporter focused on stopping 'Fake News' just to be hit with this story." McBride, when first informed of Runner's real identity in late 2021, said he did not “need to be right" in everything he claimed, and that he was “theorizing things” and trying to win the public relations battle.Rally Runner, in a tunnel leading to Capitol doors on Jan. 6, 2021.McBride, who has since been dismissed by at least three Jan. 6 defendants he previously represented, did not respond to NBC News' request for comment on Wednesday.
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