The Department of Justice (DOJ) seized $90,000 from a Utah man who sold footage of Ashli Babbitt being shot during the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, according to court filings.
So far, more than 400 people have been charged in connection to the breach, which occurred as members of Congress were voting to certify the 2020 presidential election.
According to the court filings, Sullivan portrayed himself as an independent journalist who was reporting on the chaos, but he actually encouraged other participants to "burn" the building and engage in violence.
“There are so many people. Let’s go. This [expletive] is ours! [Expletive] yeah,” he cheered after he and protesters entered the Capitol, the DOJ documents said. “We accomplished this [expletive]. We did this together. [Expletive] yeah! We are all a part of this history,” and “Let’s burn this [expletive] down.” The documents said that he allegedly called on others to burn the Capitol down multiple times.
At one point, he's also heard saying, “I am ready bro. I’ve been to too many riots. I’ve been in so many riots," the documents added. “It would be fire if someone had revolutionary music and [expletive]," Sullivan also allegedly claimed.
After the breach, Sullivan was seen, according to the documents, telling another individual that he "brought my megaphone to instigate [expletives]" and wanted to "make these Trump supporters [expletive] all this [expletive] up."
Prosecutors alleged that Sullivan apparently broke a window inside and said, “I broke it. My bad, my apologies. Well they already broke a window, so, you know, I didn’t know I hit it that hard. No one got that on camera.”
Sullivan recorded video of the confrontation between rioters and police just outside the U.S. House of Representatives chamber that included the shooting of Air Force veteran Babbitt and, according to court filings, boasted to an unnamed witness that "my footage is worth like a million of dollars, millions of dollars."
Sullivan sold that footage to several news outlets for a total of $90,000, according to a seizure warrant. The news outlets were redacted from the warrant.
During his CNN appearance in January, Sullivan said that he was "not on the Trump side" or the "MAGA side" and alleged he was just there to document the incident.
Sullivan in July 2020 was arrested in Utah for alleged rioting, making a threat of violence, and criminal mischief because he engaged in a riot that resulted in the shooting of a motorist amid nationwide Black Lives Matter demonstrations last year.
Sullivan, who has used the nickname "Jayden X" online, also tweeted in early January Black Lives Matter and Antifa slogans, calling for the system to be burned down.
The Epoch Times contacted Sullivan's lawyer for comment.