A California triple amputee who lost most of his limbs when he got hit by a freight train as a teenager was arrested for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol after video showed him entering the building for four minutes.
“I made it in, but there’s [pause] nobody’s in, like everyone’s leaving,” Cameron C. Clapp, 37, allegedly said shortly after exiting the building.
He was arrested on Tuesday, according to his arrest warrant filed in January, and unsealed on the day of his arrest. He’s accused of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building — misdemeanors that carry a combined potential sentence of three years behind bars.
According to prosecutors, Clapp traveled from California to Washington, D.C., to join thousands of Donald Trump supporters protesting against Congress certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral win. He allegedly joined the mob at the Capitol that day, apparently entering the building at around 3:34 p.m., more than an hour after the initial violent breach of the building that forced lawmakers and staff to either flee the building or shelter in place for hours.