Lawyer for Accused Capitol Rioter: Client Had ‘Foxitis’ After Watching Fox News
A lawyer for an accused Capitol rioter claims his client suffered from “Foxmania” after reportedly spending a lot of time watching Fox News. Anthony Antonio’s lawyer told a judge his client lost his job amid the…
A lawyer for an accused Capitol rioter claims his client suffered from “Foxmania” after reportedly spending a lot of time watching Fox News.
Anthony Antonio’s lawyer told a judge his client lost his job amid the COVID-19 pandemic and spent time at home with other people that watched Fox News a lot.
“For the next approximate six months, Fox television played constantly. He became hooked with what I call ‘Foxitus’ or ‘Foxmania’ and became interested in the political aspect and started believing what was being fed to him,” Antonio’s lawyer Joseph Hurley said, according to HuffPost.
Hurley also said his client believed he was following Trump’s call on his supporters to march on Washington. Last month, Antonio surrendered to Delaware police.
He is being charged with five federal crimes linked to his involvement in the insurrection, including disrupting Congress and damaging government property.
Antonio allegedly climbed the scaffolding outside the Capitol, broke into the Capitol through a broken window, and acquired a riot shield and gas mask, as the Huffington Post reports.