NYC man who breached US Capitol is son of prominent Brooklyn judge
Mostofsky told the Post he was protesting a "stolen election"
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A New York City man who breached the U.S. Capitol building wearing a bizarre fur costume is the son of a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge, according to a report Thursday.
Aaron Mostofsky, who told the Post Wednesday he’d come to protest a "stolen election," was holding a police riot shield as a mob of rioters swarmed the building Wednesday.
CAPITOL PROTESTS SPARKED DEMONSTRATIONS OUTSIDE STATEHOUSES ACROSS US
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Mostofsky is the son of Shlomo Mostofsky, a prominent figure in the Orthodox Jewish community, elected to the court last January, according to Gothamist.
On Wednesday Aaron Mostofsky told The Post, "We were cheated. I don’t think 75 million people voted for Trump — I think it was close to 85 million.I think certain states that have been red for a long time turned blue and were stolen, like New York."
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Shlomo Mostofsky couldn’t immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
But his sibling, Nachman Mostofsky, told the outlet, "My brother did nothing illegal…He definitely was not part of the riot."