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Feds: Capitol mob aimed to 'assassinate' elected officials

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WASHINGTON — The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol aimed to "capture and assassinate elected officials," federal prosecutors said in court documents.

The remarks came in a motion prosecutors filed late Thursday in the case against Jacob Chansley.

He is the Arizona man who took part in the insurrection while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns.

Prosecutors say that after Chansley climbed up to the dais where Vice President Mike Pence had been presiding moments earlier, Chansley wrote a threatening note to Pence.

They said the note read: "It's only a matter of time, justice is coming."

A detention hearing is scheduled for Friday.