Author: Cajsa Lilliehook
607: Ben Martin

Ben Martin is an insurrectionist. He also was an anti-mask protester who harried and impeded people going into stores with a mask on. Sprouts Farmers Market in Fresno had to get a restraining order against him.
When federal agents went to arrest him for his participation in the insurrection, they found a safe in his home with several weapons. He is not allowed to have weapons as he was on probation for a 2018 conviction for domestic violence. In addition, he sister has a restraining order against him.
He said they were his father’s but a receipt showed he was the purchaser of at least one of them. Even though he is clearly violating his parole by having weapons, a judge still released him on bail. He also has a conviction for statutory rape.
606: Jorge Riley

Jorge Riley is an insurrectionist. He was a GOP activist before joining the coup, very active in support of the homophobic Ballot Measure 8. His activism began in college where he was active in student government. He lost an election for president of the student senate by one vote and claimed the election was stolen. So he came by his antipathy to democracy early.
605: Jesus Blancas
604: Andrew John Jones
603: Mathew Palmer

Mathew Palmer was the former Chief Operating Officer of the Maryland Department of Commerce. Before that, he was an aide to Republican Governor Larry Hogan. When Hogan appointed him, he said, “Mathew Palmer is an accomplished and well-rounded professional who possesses a deep understanding of the legislative process and issues. I am proud to welcome him to our administration and look forward to working with him during this upcoming session.” Palmer also was a prolific poster in child sex abuse message boards and had more than a thousand images and videos himself.
602: Andrew Chesney
601: Rick Dennis

Rick Dennis is a lobbyist at HillCo Partners in Austin, Texas. Before that he worked as a staffer for Republican Rep. Tan Parker. He was accused of using GBH on two legislative staffers, but was cleared by a legislative investigation. The investigation, however, revealed a severe pattern of sexual harassment and abuse.
600: Sean McHugh

Sean McHugh is an insurrectionist. On January 6th, he had a megaphone which he used to accuse the Capitol Police of protecting pedophiles. This is ironic as he was sentenced to 240 days in jail and four years of probation for the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl when he was 23. Prosecutors said he had three prior rape offenses.
599: Danny Hamrick

Danny Hamrick was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates until he lost his seat to redistricting. While in the House, he was forced to resign from the House Education Committee as punishment for a consensual affair with an intern that violated the House of Delegates sexual harassment policy as in her position as a staff intern placed her under his supervision.




