Ryan Kelley

2022 - 6 - 9

ryan kelley michigan

Ryan Kelley: FBI arrests Michigan Republican gubernatorial ... (CNN)

A GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate, Ryan Kelley, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January ...

The court's unanimous decisions marked a major setback for the affected candidates, including former Detroit Police chief James Craig, who have filed legal challenges in an effort to revive their campaigns. Kelley's arrest adds another twist to an already chaotic Republican primary fight. "Ryan Kelley, 40, of Allendale, Michigan, was arrested this morning on misdemeanor charges stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol breach. The gubernatorial candidate added that he "guarded a Civil War Statue in his hometown of Allendale" during protests in the summer of 2020. He was arrested in Allendale. Mr. Kelley is to make his initial appearance this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan," said Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in the District of Columbia. He said he led rallies against the Covid restrictions at the state capital in Lansing and in Grand Rapids.

Michigan Governor Candidate Ryan Kelley, Who Was at the Capitol ... (The New York Times)

Mr. Kelley faces several misdemeanor charges, including disorderly conduct, in connection with the attack on the Capitol.

In June that year, he called together about 50 militiamen to square off against a few dozen Black Lives Matter protesters over a statue of a Confederate soldier in his town. All four charges are misdemeanors, according to a spokesman for the United States attorney’s office in the District of Columbia. Efforts to reach Mr. Kelley and his campaign were unsuccessful. The arrest comes ahead of the Republican primary on Aug. 2, in which Mr. Kelley is competing with four other candidates for the chance to face Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, in the general election this fall. Mr. Kelley is the first person running for election in a major state or federal race to be charged in connection with the attack. Ryan Kelley, a Republican running for governor in Michigan who was at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack, was arrested at his home in Allendale, Mich., on Thursday morning, according to Mara R. Schneider, a special agent with the F.B.I.

Michigan gubernatorial candidate arrested on Jan. 6 Capitol riot ... (The Washington Post)

An outspoken Trump supporter who has focused his campaign on false claims of election fraud, Kelley allegedly waved on the mob headed into Capitol and tore ...

A real estate agent, Kelley made a name for himself in politics in 2020 as an outspoken critic of Whitmer’s decision to lock down the state to prevent the spread of covid-19. Two of the men charged in the plot were acquitted at trial; the jury deadlocked on charges against the other two. Five people died on that day or in the immediate aftermath, and 140 police officers were assaulted. Congressional hearings: The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has conducted more than 1,000 interviews over the last year. Charges: Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants have been charged with seditious conspiracy, joining Oathkeepers leader Stewart Rhodes and about two dozen associates in being indicted for their participation in the Capitol attack. Charging papers allege that Kelley waved a crowd up the stairway, and supported another rioter who pulled a metal barricade onto scaffolding that was holding up the stage for President Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration. “When asked how he will compromise with the opposition, what was Ryan D. Kelley’s response? Kelley is the latest of more than half dozen Republican officeholders, candidate, or local party leaders to be charged in the Capitol breach, with several pleading guilty or being convicted at trial. “There are so many questions here that we need to get rid of these machines,” Kelley said. Kelley has denied entering the Capitol building itself. Five people died in the attack or its immediate aftermath. His home in Allendale, Mich., was searched by the FBI on Thursday morning.

Ryan Kelley arrested: Republican Michigan governor candidate ... (Globalnews.ca)

Ryan Kelley, 40, of Allendale, is one of five Republicans in the state competing to take on Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this coming fall.

Other images also show that Kelley was climbing on an architectural feature near the northwest stairs of the building, the statement said. He currently serves as an appointed planning commissioner in Allendale. The FBI arrested Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley on Thursday over misdemeanor charges stemming from his role in the Jan. 6.

Michigan candidate for governor, Ryan Kelley, charged for Jan. 6 ... (WBFO)

On Thursday, Ryan Kelley was charged with four misdemeanors related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He's one of five candidates on the ...