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FBI charges Michigan governor candidate over US Capitol riots

A man, identified as Ryan Kelley in a sworn statement by an FBI agent, gestures at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 [File: Jim Urquhart/Reuters]

The FBI arrested a Republican gubernatorial candidate for Michigan and has charged him with misdemeanours in connection with the US Capitol riot by supporters of now-former President Donald Trump.

Ryan Kelley, 40, was arrested in western Michigan on Thursday and appeared at a brief hearing in federal court in Grand Rapids, where he was released from custody without posting bail. The government did not ask that Kelley be detained.

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