A Donald Trump supporter from South Carolina, who was out on bail after being charged for his role in the Jan 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, got his bond revoked by a federal judge after he reportedly attempted to tamper with a witness — his estranged wife, who was reported with him in D.C. that day.
According to The Post and Courier, “William Robert Norwood III sent thousands of text messages to the woman, a potential government witness, who he’d been ordered not to contact, prosecutors allege.”
Now, the MAGA insurrectionist will wait for trial behind bars the judge ruled.
In his ruling, Magistrate Judge Kevin McDonald said that Norwood “attempted to obstruct justice” and called the messages to his wife, citing a by text his wife, “harassing, abusive, petulant, and occasionally threatening.”
Norwood was arrested by FBI agents after a family member shared screenshots of messages in which he bragged about assaulting police officers and storming the Capitol, the report states.
During the investigation, federal agents found a Capitol Police riot shield and helmet in Norwood’s storage unit, which he said he “picked up from a pile outside the Capitol.” He faces seven federal charges and decades in prison if found guilty.
Read it in The Post And Courier.
