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UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 11:18 AM Jan 2021

Man who punched cop during Capitol riot has brother in Secret Service who is friends with Michelle O

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Man who punched cop during Capitol riot has brother in Secret Service who is friends with Michelle Obama, the Huffington Post has revealed

The son of a police officer who punched a cop during the Capitol riots also has a brother in the Secret Service who Michelle Obama previously described as a "real friend," the Huffington Post found.

Scott Fairlamb, 43, of Stockholm, New Jersey was arrested on January 22 on five charges including assaulting a federal officer and carrying dangerous weapon, Department of Justice records show.

His brother, Preston Fairlamb III, has been the resident agent-in-charge of the Trenton Resident Office in Trenton, New Jersey, since 2013 and had led Michelle Obama's service detail while she was First Lady between 2009 and 2017, according to the Huffington Post.

In her memoir, Obama noted that she and Preston Fairlamb III had "became real friends," sharing stories and jokes. She also attended his retired police trooper father, Preston 'Jay' Fairlamb Jr.'s funeral in 2012 after he died in a motorcycle crash, the report also added.

A criminal complaint filed against S.K. Fairlamb shows he was caught on video punching a federal officer and also posted a video of himself on his Facebook page, which has since been deleted, where he could be seen carrying a baton and saying: "What Patriots do? We f------- disarm them, and then we storm f------- the Capitol."

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https://www.businessinsider.com/man-who-punched-cop-during-capitol-riot-has-secret-service-brother-2021-1

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Man who punched cop during Capitol riot has brother in Secret Service who is friends with Michelle O (Original Post) UpInArms Jan 2021 OP
You don't get to pick your family. Civil war had families split down the middle too. nt TigressDem Jan 2021 #1
+1 LizBeth Jan 2021 #7
WOW! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #2
Why would it? He's not responsible for his brother's nonsense Vivienne235729 Jan 2021 #3
I hope it doesn't SheltieLover Jan 2021 #4
I would imagine at most, he would be vetted. They would just dig through Vivienne235729 Jan 2021 #5
Are we sure it's the same Preston Fairlamb III? N/t KayF Jan 2021 #6
And Michelle Obama once met Kevin Bacon. Bam! Win in four moves! Midnight Writer Jan 2021 #8
... nolabear Jan 2021 #9

Vivienne235729

(3,384 posts)
5. I would imagine at most, he would be vetted. They would just dig through
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 11:36 AM
Jan 2021

His background, social media, and ask all his neighbors and friends to see what he’s been up to. If he’s in the clear, he’s in the clear. What I hope is that they do that with ALL their agents. The entire agency needs to be assessed for any seditious activity.

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