Oct. 3 (UPI) — A pair of brothers from Iowa and Utah have been arrested for allegedly assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Their actions disrupted a joint session of Congress, which had convened to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden .
Christopher Jordan, 48, of St. George, Utah, and Earl Jordan, 50, of Dickens, Iowa, are charged with felony offenses of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers and obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia, the Justice Department said in a release .
The brothers were also charged with misdemeanor offenses of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, the release added.
The FBI arrested Christoper Jordan in St. George, Utah, where he will make his initial court appearance. Officials arrested Earl Jordan in Spencer, Iowa. He will make his first court appearance in the Northern District of Iowa.