Man charged with storming Capitol made rap videos about riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press
Federal authorities say a South Dakota man charged this week with storming the U.S. Capitol last year performed rap songs about the riot in videos posted on his YouTube channel. A relative told the FBI that Billy Knutson was a rapper who sold his music online and had posted on social media that he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The FBI says a surveillance video showed Knutson enter the Capitol by climbing through a broken window. Court records show a federal magistrate judge in South Dakota ordered Knutson released after his initial court appearance on Wednesday.