A Virginia school board member who bragged about chugging Coors Light and Fireball at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was arrested Tuesday.
Miles Adkins, an elected member of the Frederick County Board of Education, was seen on multiple surveillance videos walking around the broken-in property carrying a tall, silver “beverage can” and… It also showed photos that he had shared with friends on social media. FBI affidavit.
During his hour and 15 minutes inside the Capitol, the suspect reportedly guzzled multiple alcoholic beverages as rioters destroyed the building and fought with police.
“Let’s go have a beer! Let’s go have a beer!” Adkins yelled as he left, investigators said.
Hours later, Adkins allegedly bragged about his drunken conquest in a Facebook message to an unknown person identified only as a member of the far-right group Oath Keepers.
The person asked Adkins if he planned to return to Virginia around 10 p.m., about seven hours after the school board member reportedly left the Capitol.
“No, I still have to fight Antifa,” Adkins replied. “Get the food and then fight.”
“I drank Fireball and Coors Light at the Capitol.”
The Oath Keeper called on Adkins and others in the Capitol to “go out loud” and “don’t waste it.”
Adkins then responded, “You know this, right?” along with an N-word slur.
Adkins is charged with entering and remaining in any restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in any restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct within the Capitol, parading, demonstrating, or picketing within the Capitol. was indicted for the crime.
In an interview with investigators, the school board member admitted that he had gone to Washington, D.C., that morning to listen to President Donald Trump’s remarks objecting to the 2020 election results, and that he had previously “talked to people involved.” He said he had visited several times for the purpose of “as an escort.” Those who keep their vows. ”
Adkins told the FBI he walked to the Capitol with a large group but refused to discuss his actions inside the building, according to the affidavit.
However, surveillance camera footage showed Adkins wandering around the building after breaking through the doors of the Senate building.
He waved others to follow him and helped at least two others climb out of a nearby broken window, FBI agents said.
Adkins allegedly spent the rest of the day walking around the Capitol carrying a “large can of beverage,” which he later proudly revealed to friends as a Coors Light.
He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The arrest is not the first time Adkins has put his life at risk.
Adkins, who was elected to the school board in 2021, faced calls to resign in June after being charged with drunk driving, as revealed by local media. Winchester Star.
