Jan. 6 Capitol Rioter Uses Insecticide Against Police

Peter G. Moloney, the owner of a Long Island funeral home, has been charged with spraying insecticide at police officers guarding the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and assaulting members of the news media. He is the latest rioter to be arrested in the Justice Department's investigation of the mob attack. Moloney is accused of spraying several officers with the insecticide and grabbing the camera of an Associated Press photographer, causing him to stumble down some stairs outside the Capitol. As of Tuesday, more than 1,040 people had been charged in connection with the Capitol riot.