Special agents from the FBI have visited multiple Bucks Countians as part of their investigations following last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol
Two law enforcement sources and a political insider have confirmed to LevittownNow.com that special agents have visited residents in the county, including in the lower end. A law enforcement source said it was their understanding the that visits were part of due diligence on tips received.
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Federal authorities have not charged any Bucks Countians in relation to last week’s insurrection as of Friday afternoon.
Levittown-area police officials said they were unaware of any local visits from federal authorities, but one official noted it wouldn’t be uncommon if they were not alerted.
A spokesperson for the FBI’s Philadelphia field office declined to comment.
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City police in Washington D.C. have charged a Bensalem Township man with a curfew violation and possession of a weapon in connection with last week’s events.
Two organized bus trips from Bucks County went down to Washington D.C. last Wednesday for a rally featuring President Donald Trump and allies airing grievances about President-Elect Joe Biden’s win. No one connected to the buses is known to be facing charges and organizers for the one bus convoy said the group went to hear Trump speak at the rally a short distance from the capitol complex.
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Nationwide, the FBI has arrested dozens of people involved in last week’s riot and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. During briefings this week, top federal law enforcement officials they were planning additional arrests.
Acting U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C. Michael Sherwin said there are more than 160 cases open and noted Americans are going to be “shocked by some of the egregious contact that happened in the capitol.”
Jim Worthington, the owner of the Newtown Athletic Club and a supporter of Trump who organized the one bus group, said on The Conservative Voice radio program Friday that the FBI visited him Wednesday. He said his girlfriend was at his Bucks County home and put the special agents in touch with Worthington.
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Worthington, who personally and as a business owner has faced backlash for his support of Trump, said he spoke with the special agents with his attorney present. He said the FBI special agents asked about his whereabouts last Wednesday and he showed them video while describing he was just feet from Trump during his speech at the rally and not at the capitol.
“It’s hard to believe somebody would go that extreme and call the FBI on me, but I look at it as a life experience,” Worthington said on the show.
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Worthington said he spoke with Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, a former FBI special agent, about the impeachment vote last Wednesday when the business owner asked him what to do because the FBI had showed up at his home. Worthington relayed that Fitzpatrick suggested he call an attorney for good measure.
In the end, according to Worthington, the interview with law enforcement ended with conversations about their background and job.
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The businessman, who runs the People4Trump group, said in a statement last Saturday that the people on his buses did not break the law. He added during the radio interview that he was not on the buses and was in his car headed home while the attack was happening.
Worthington noted he knows of another person who was at the rally who was visited by federal agents.
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