Governor of Michigan's Republican candidate is him and other supporters of then-President Donald Trump about his actions during the riots at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Exercise their right to free speech.
Ryan Kelly briefly in federal court a few weeks after a real estate broker was arrested at his home in western Michigan and charged with several contempt for his role in the riot. Appeared in the video for a great hearing.
Kelly made few statements at the hearing, but when Trump was defeated by Democrat Joe Byden in a debate on Wednesday night, he and others in the Capitol were president of 2020. He said he was dissatisfied with the election.
"It was the first amendment by the majority of people, including myself. I was protesting the government because I didn't like the results of the 2020election12}, the process of how it happened. And we have that first fix, and that's what 99% of the people of the day were there. "
Kelly has been accused of destructive acts, injuries to public property, and access to restricted spaces without permission.
According to federal investigators, Kelly was videotaped outside the US Capitol on the day of the riot and repeatedly waved to the crowd towards the stairs leading to the building. According to the FBI, he used his phone to "shoot a crowd attacking and pushing away police officers in the U.S. Capitol," withdrawing police, and then climbing the stairs to the entrance to the Capitol. I was in the crowd.
Kelly was a little-known candidate in the field of five Republicans competing for a GOP nomination to confront Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer on August 2.
He said he believed that the arrest and the accompanying publicity helped raise awareness of his name and gain support. Kelly also questioned the timing of the charges filed about a year and a half after the Capitol riot. He states that they have political motives and are targeted by the Byden administration on the left and others.
Kelly decided to run for governor after leading the protests against Whitmer and the restrictions she imposed during the coronavirus outbreak. They included a rally at Lansing's Michigan State Capitol, where heavily armed militia entered the building.
