Belarus Welcomes You!
Posted on 03/22/2022 7:08:01 PM PDT by RandFan
Belarus granted refugee status to Capitol riot defendant Evan Neumann, according to Belarusian state-run media, which circulated a photo of him apparently holding country documents.
“US citizen Evan Newman received refugee status in Belarus. The document was handed to him in the Department of Citizenship and Migration of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Brest Regional Executive Committee on March 22, 2022,” the Belarusian Telegraph Agency reported on Twitter.
In an interview with the state-run outlet, he said he had “mixed feelings” but thanked Belarus, which “took care of me,” CNN reported.
"I am upset to find myself in a situation where I have problems in my own country," he told the Belarusian-state media on Tuesday, according to the network. Court records indicate he does not have a lawyer and has been considered a "fugitive."
U.S. officials said in December that Neumann had left for the country following 14 charges he received in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Officials allege he assaulted Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department officers with a metal barricade and that he did not adhere to orders to leave the Capitol that evening, staying past 5 p.m.
The charges against him include civil disorder; assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds.
He is among the hundreds of people who have been charged in connection with the Capitol riot that sought to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election results.
The development also comes amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in which Belarus is seen as being complicit.
When is Putin declaring Texas an “independent republic”?
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The only country on that list I’d even remotely consider fleeing to would be Andorra.
I may have already seen this movie.
The guy brought a gas mask with him, he wasn’t in DC to listen to a Trump speech, he was there to lead a bunch of fools and then skip away letting them hold the bag, like John Sullivan was, but probably for different masters.
Belarus Welcomes You!
I dunno, a couple of south pacific islands on there sound nice.
Andorra is beautiful, but very small...
Belarus...Belarus...can you do The Fandango!
Maybe Belarus isn’t so bad after all.
Almost irrelevant.
The US authorities will come and get you if they really want you anyway.
Is it love, that I’m feeling....is this the love...that I’ve been dreaming of....
Sounds like Belarus is calling for your next extradition avoidance!
Just like they’ll freeze and take your money at will.
He can come back after Trump gives him a pardon.
odd that Taiwan is on the list considering the expect us to protect them.
Preemptive pardons are allowed under the Constitution, Trump could have pardoned them all anytime between January 7 and January 20.
a riot is a spontaneous outbreak of mob violence.
there was no “riot” in DC on january sixth.
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