Cuffed for riot
2 in area nabbed for roles in Capitol melee
A self-professed New York pickup artist is now in a long-term relationship with the feds on charges he brought a gun to the riots at the U.S. Capitol.
Fanatical Trump supporter Samuel Fisher, 35, was busted Wednesday morning on the Upper East Side with a stash of firearms and ammo, video obtained by the Daily News showed.
Fisher’s arrest was announced at the same time as Patrick McCaughey, a 23-year-old Connecticut resident accused of violently pushing a Washington, D.C., police officer against a door with a riot shield — a disturbing incident captured in a viral video of the Capitol mayhem.
The pair were the latest charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot by supporters of then-President Donald Trump who wrongly believed the election was stolen by President Biden.
More than 100 people face federal charges in the siege that left five dead, and more arrests are expected. Fisher and McCaughey were both detained after judges determined they were dangers to the community.
Fisher enthused on social media about what he saw Jan. 6, the feds say.
“It was awesome.
It was dangerous and violent,” he is accused of writing. “People died, but it was f——-g great if you ask me. Seeing cops literally run ... was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”
FBI agents stopped Fisher’s Chevrolet Tahoe SUV about 8 a.m. on Wednesday on E. 88th St. near York Ave.
A search warrant document viewed by The News inside the car listed an astonishing arsenal seized by the feds, including a shotgun, six cases of shotgun shells, 12 boxes of 9-mm. ammunition, a black tactical vest with a loaded magazine, eight more loaded magazines, a second vest with ballistic plates and a knife, and two machetes.
Also spotted in the car were an American flag, a copy of The News with Trump’s face on it, an emergency poncho and B12 vitamins.
Fisher fancies himself on social media as a pickup artist, a fitness trainer, a bodybuilder, a mixed martial arts fighter and a marketing director. He operates a website in which he claims he can help men attract women and wealth through a $250 program called Attraction Accelerator.
In one online video, he says, “Are you a man struggling to pick up women? My name is Brad Holiday and me and Jason James help men get high-value girls using my predictable pickup system.”
In another video, he advises, “Living with women. Don’t do it. They bring drama. They can’t help it.”
Federal prosecutors said the chauvinist right-winger was in D.C. on Jan. 6 with multiple guns and a bulletproof vest. He regularly posted gun photos online and touted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, the feds said.
“If millions of patriots don’t show up with guns ... It could be over,” Fisher wrote online before the riot, according to the feds. “I’m in some nasty air b n b in the Hood. Feel like s—- and [tomorrow] they’re gonna steal the election then I have to drive 10 Hours back home.”
McCaughey, meanwhile, was captured in what a judge described as an “extraordinarily disturbing” video pushing a riot shield against D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges, who screamed in agony.
The baby-faced rioter snapped selfies on scaffolding around the Capitol shortly before the scary shoving match between dozens of insurrectionists and a group of cops, according to court papers.
“Even after days of seeing so many shocking and horrific scenes from the siege on the U.S. Capitol, the savage beating of D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Hodges stands out for the perpetrator’s blatant disregard for human life,” said Steven D’Antuono, assistant director in charge of the FBI Washington field office.
“Patrick McCaughey’s actions were violent, barbaric, and completely out of control,” D’Antuono said.