According to & nbsp; Newman, in his homeland, six criminal cases were opened against him.
“They added my photo to the & nbsp; FBI's Most Wanted Criminals List with & nbsp; asking for help from the public to identify me. And & nbsp; some of my friends warned me about this. I have many friends who work for the & nbsp; government. I & nbsp; knew that & nbsp; I would be immediately identified, and & nbsp; so the first thing I did was & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said the man.
Newman had a bag business and left the country under the guise of a business trip. The man flew to Italy in March, and then took the train to Switzerland, where he got into a car and drove to the Ukrainian Zhitomir.
After a few months in & nbsp; Ukraine, Newman, according to & nbsp; he, noticed surveillance and & nbsp; decided to leave for & nbsp; Belarus. While & nbsp; trying to cross the border, he was detained by border guards, and & nbsp; the man asked for political asylum.
According to Newman, he & nbsp; really participated in the & nbsp; January protests, but did not & nbsp; entered the Capitol. The man is also accused of & nbsp; hitting a police officer. He himself & nbsp; calls these accusations baseless, and & nbsp; considers his persecution to be political.
The riots in & nbsp; Washington took place on January 6 & nbsp;. On & nbsp; that & nbsp; day, supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol and & nbsp; disrupted a meeting of Congress, which was supposed to approve the results of the presidential election. They were won by Trump's rival Democrat Joe Biden. Five people were killed in the riots.
After the protests, about 500 people were arrested, and 100 of them were charged with & nbsp; assaulting a law enforcement officer, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said.