Christopher Kelly of New York is the first among more than 450 people charged in the Capitol attack to have the Justice Department withdraw the case.
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Mr. Kelly was pictured shirtless and holding an American flag outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to court documents.
A confidential informant tipped off the FBI about Mr. Kelly, providing investigators with information posted to his Facebook account, according to court documents.
The informant gave the FBI a screenshot of a Facebook group chat before the riot, in which Mr. Kelly appeared to discuss traveling to Washington to protest former President Trump's election loss.
"Sure spread the word, Taking this back by force now, no more bs," Mr. Kelly wrote back, according to court documents.
Although Mr. Kelly is the first riot suspect to have charges dropped, it is expected that other cases will be dropped as prosecutors negotiate plea deals.
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