But prosecutors say his social media posts ahead of the Capitol riot show a young man intent on violence. More than 250 people have been charged so far with breaching the Capitol and most of them, to varying degrees, were motivated to storm the building by the falsehoods they had been reading online and in social media for months.īruno Cua's lawyers said he was "an impressionable 18-year-old kid" swept up by the events of Jan. Both prosecution and defense agree that he was radicalized by what he read online, and the decision to embrace the falsehoods he discovered in chatrooms and social media changed the course of his life. 6 to suggest that he was someone who was genuinely inspired by former President Donald Trump and intent on violence.Ĭua's case is a stark example of just how powerful misinformation can be. In a criminal complaint, they point to Cua's social media posts in the run-up and aftermath to Jan. Prosecutors, for their part, see Cua through a very different lens. He has lived his entire life in the area immediately surrounding Atlanta." "He has never lived away from his parents. "In many ways, he is less of an 'adult' than many teenagers," the motion said. They paint a portrait of a young man swept up by events. In a defense motion filed on Friday, Bruno Cua's lawyers said their client "is an impressionable 18-year-old kid who was in the middle of finishing his online coursework to graduate from high school when he was arrested." "They can steal an election, but we can't sit in their chairs?" he asked. The videos have since gone viral: There's a man in combat gear, now identified as Air Force veteran Larry Brock, Jr., chiding rioters, including Cua, about why they shouldn't sit in Vice President Mike Pence's chair. He was allegedly seen in multiple videos standing in the Senate Chamber of the U.S. The world outside Milton, Ga., met Cua in a rather more dramatic way. They were so impressive, neighbors paid Cua to build them for their kids. These were big, elaborate creations with ladders and trapdoors and framed-out windows. 6, 18-year-old Bruno Cua was best known in his small town of Milton, Ga., as a great builder of treehouses. 6 with a handful of other rioters.īefore Jan. Prosecutors say he entered the Senate Chamber of the U.S. Bruno Cua, 18, is allegedly seen here with his back to the camera, holding a tan jacket.
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