Sentencing of Capitol riot suspect suspended as online sleuths find new video

A last minute discovery of video footage by internet sleuths may have derailed the criminal defence of a Capitol rioter.

Robert Reeder, who was in Washington DC on 6 January, pleaded guilty to picketing inside the US Capitol during the riot, but maintained after his arrest that he never participated in any violence.

The Washington Post repots that during interviews with FBI agents Mr Reeder insisted he was an "accidental tourist" who got swept into the Capitol riot.