FBI Arrests Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant in Texas on Felony Charges Related to Jan. 6 Protests

Published on December 6, 2023

A Texas man was arrested on Wednesday on felony and misdemeanor charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Kyle Douglas McMahan, who currently serves as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, was taken into custody in Dallas nearly three years after he allegedly pushed police officers and called one officer a “traitor,” the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday, Dec. 6. The 41-year-old Wautaga man faces multiple felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and obstruction of law enforcement, as well as additional misdemeanor offenses. Authorities say Mr. McMahan was wearing a red “Make America Great Again” cap with the word “God” written at the top in black marker when he was spotted on video among the crowd of rioters trespassing on the Capitol grounds....