Gaetz Staffer Cheered on Rioters

Joel Valdez, an aide to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), is seen on video cheering on Capitol rioters as they overran police, Gizmodo reports.

“Metadata from Valdez’s video, which Pro Publica published last week but did not connect to Gaetz’s press assistant, reveals it was taken at roughly 1:14 p.m. ET that day. The rioters had by that time already breached at least three police barricades and forced officers back onto the Capitol steps where they violently engaged.”