Texas man charged over Capitol riot and ‘urging Ocasio-Cortez assassination’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) (centre) posted Miller’s charging documents on Twitter on Friday and then tweeted: “On one hand you have to laugh, and on the other know that the reason they were this brazen is because they thought they were going to succeed.”

A 34-year-old Texas man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in the storming of the US Capitol this month and posting violent threats, including a call to assassinate Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Garret Miller, who is from the Dallas suburb of Richardson, was arrested on Friday after being named in a five-count federal complaint.