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Capitol Rioter Palled Around With GOP Lawmakers During Border Trip

Conservative YouTuber Anthony Aguero was seen in photos and videos with Reps. Madison Cawthorn, Ronny Jackson, and Lauren Boebert, among others.

The cadre of GOP House members who flocked to the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday to pledge their allegiance to former President Trump and condemn an uptick in migrant arrivals were joined by an actual Capitol rioter, a CNN KFile investigation found. Conservative YouTuber Anthony Aguero was spotted in photos and videos with some of the congresspeople, including Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), and Ronny Jackson (R-TX). Framing himself as an “independent journalist,” videos depicted him interviewing migrants with the representatives, at times serving as a translator between the two. Aguero had previously admitted to being at the U.S. Capitol during the attacks, including being part of the herd that broke into the building.

In a statement, Aguero declined to confirm how he was able to meet members of Congress at the border. Buckley Carlson, a spokesperson for the group who sponsored the trip, said the encounters were “purely incidental” and Aguero did not travel with the lawmakers to the border.