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Mayor Candidate Arrested For Jan. 6 Riot Role
The man charged Tuesday was Gino DiGiovanni Jr., a Republican candidate for mayor in Derby who also serves as an alderman and Republican town chair.
DiGiovanni, who is 42, was among the crowd of protesters who breached the Capitol of Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to stop the counting of electoral votes certifying Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
Accompanied by attorney Martin Minnella, he turned himself in at New Haven’s Church Street federal courthouse Tuesday afternoon and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Garcia.
In court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Boyles read the four misdemeanor charges against DiGiovanni. They include seeking to “impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of a session of Congress,” and “knowingly enter[ing] and remain[ing] in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority.”
DiGiovanni faces up to one year in prison on each of two of the charges, up to six months on each of the other two.
He appeared in court one day after an Atlanta grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump, in whose support DiGiovanni attended the D.C. rally, and 18 alleged co-conspirators for their actions in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
In court, DiGiovanni was informed of the charges against him. He did not enter a plea.
“I understand that Mr. DiGiovanni has some weapons in his home,” Judge Garcia stated.
“He was going to going transfer those to a lawful possessor, his brother,” attorney Minnella replied. The judge asked whether the brother has a license to own guns; Minnella responded, “I’ve not verified. I believe so,” based on DiGiovanni’s information. The judge gave DiGiovanni until Friday to transfer the weapons to either his brother or the police.
Referencing “significant threats” he has received as a result of reports about his involvement in the riot, he asked the court to provide security at his home for his family. The judge turned down the request.
“Thank you,” DiGiovanni responded. “I just wanted that clarification.”
At the request of prosecutor Boyles,the judge barred DiGiovanni from visiting Washington, D.C., except for court purposes.
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DiGiovanni spoke openly about his actions at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally and riot in a previous interview with Valley Independent Sentinel Editor Eugene Driscoll. He acknowledged he was part of the crowd that entered the Capitol on Jan. 6. DiGiovanni said he decided to join the march from the rally to the Capitol because he simply decided to follow the crowd. He said he was not going to the Capitol to attack Congress.
Click on the above video to watch the full 55-minute conversation DiGiovanni had with Driscoll about the incident. Click here to read a story about that and his history of civic involvement in Derby.
Since that rally, DiGiovanni has been elected to a seat on the Derby Board of Aldermen. He also serves as Derby’s Republican town chair.
Now he’s running for mayor. He’s running against a fellow Republican, incumbent Mayor Richard Dziekan, a childhood friend. The Republican Town Committee on July 19 endorsed DiGiovanni; Dziekan is challenging him in a primary and plans to run as an independent in the general election.
Mayor Dziekan, who just last week met the Aug. 9 deadline to submit the necessary signatures to force a Republican primary on Sept. 12, said Tuesday he is withholding judgment on the government’s charges against DiGiovanni.
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http://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/mayoral_candidate_arrested_for_jan_6_riot_role
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