‘F*CK YEAH!’

Feds Charge Rioter Who Mistakenly Called Cruz a ‘Sell Out’ While Rifling Through Senate Papers

Prosecutors say Dale Shalvey yelled that Sen. Ted Cruz “was going to sell us out all along” after incorrectly interpreting papers he found on a Senate desk.

A Pennsylvania man seen going through papers on a Senate desk during the Jan. 6 siege has been charged with several offenses, including obstruction of justice. Dale “DJ” Shalvey was captured on video storming the Capitol while yelling “Fuck yeah!,” according to a newly unsealed criminal complaint. Prosecutors say Shalvey was among a group that stormed the Senate Chamber during the insurrection. In one video, he can be seen rifling through some papers on a Senate desk and claiming, incorrectly, that it showed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “was going to sell us out all along.” Shalvey, dressed in a green jacket and hard hat, apparently misunderstood the meaning of Cruz’s objection to the electoral certification of President Joe Biden. The complaint states Shalvey was identified by several witnesses.

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