The stepson of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Sigalit ‘Siggy’ Flicker was arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 riot after the reality TV star shared footage of him storming the Capitol.
Tyler Campanella, 27, was arrested Wednesday in New York City on five misdemeanor charges related to the attack, and his presence at the riot was apparently confirmed by Flicker on social media.
In a Facebook post that day, Flicker, who was not at the insurrection, shared images with the caption: “I love patriots so much.” Stay safe Tyler. We love you #StopTheSteal.’
According to an FBI affidavit, Campanella was caught through witness testimony and open source images shared online, with more images of NBC It reportedly showed him as part of a group targeting Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.
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Tyler Campanella, stepson of Real Housewives of New Jersey alum Sigalit ‘Siggy’ Flicker, 56, was arrested Wednesday on charges of five misdemeanors in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol. In the photo during the siege
Flicker has made no secret of her support for Donald Trump and her Instagram profile picture (pictured) shows her with the former president and her husband Michael Campanella, holding the Israeli flag.
Campanella had been seen in social media photos that Flicker, 56, posted on her social media pages, according to an FBI affidavit, including one she captioned with the hashtag #StopTheSteal.
Flicker photographed with her stepson Campanella, charged with five misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6 riot.
The Bravo alum previously referred to current Trump lawyer Alina Habba (pictured together) as her “best friend.” The friends are pictured at Habba’s glamorous 40th birthday party.
Campanella’s phone was inside the US Capitol on the day of the attacks, according to the FBI, which cited phone records it had subpoenaed for its investigation.
He works as a sales manager at Bayside Chrysler, which the FBI said it confirmed when speaking with colleagues.
According to NBC News, images from inside the Capitol during the melee “appear to show the man identified by federal authorities as Campanella entering then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s suite.”
The report adds that he was part of a group caught “entering the room where Pelosi’s laptop was stolen.”
Flicker, who appeared in the seventh and eighth seasons of the Bravo series, is an ardent supporter of Trump, identifying herself as an ‘Israeli/American patriot’ with the hashtag #MAGA on her Instagram page.
The main photo on her account, which has more than 644,000 followers, is a photo of her standing next to Trump and her husband Michael Campanella, holding the Israeli flag.
Other notable names in Trump’s orbit that he has seen posing in photos on his page include former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, comedian Roseanne Barr and current Trump attorney Alina Habba.
She is also seen in multiple selfies posing outside Trump’s private jet.
There is no evidence that Flicker herself was at Caption on the day of the attacks, which killed seven people, according to a bipartisan Senate report cited in The New York Times in October 2022.
An FBI affidavit cited open-source footage shared on social media confirming he was “both inside and outside the Capitol” during the deadly riot.
Flicker appeared in January in a selfie taken outside former President Donald Trump’s private jet.
Flicker is an ardent supporter of Trump, as she identifies as an “Israeli/American patriot” with the hashtag #MAGA on her Instagram page.
Flicker denied being in Washington DC. during the period of the attacks in a January 13, 2021 video he posted to his Instagram account, urging his followers to “not believe all the nonsense that’s out there.”
Flicker was seen in an Instagram post with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who called for ‘trial by combat’ in a speech before the assault on the Capitol.
Flicker denied being in Washington DC during the period of the attacks in a January 13, 2021 video he posted to his Instagram account, urging his followers not to “believe all the nonsense out there.”
She said: ‘I’m getting fake news alerts again! They supposedly say I was at the Capitol on January 6 for the rally. I don’t. But the girl who, I don’t know what image is circulating, she better be pretty.
Flicker continued in the clip: “I’ve been in Florida since December 3rd. I will be returning to Jersey soon. Hey, but do you know what I have to say? Just keep me relevant, that’s all I have to say!’
According to NBC News, more than 1,387 people have faced charges in connection with the January 6 attacks and 984 convictions. The outlet noted that “the overwhelming majority” of the suspects in the attack admitted to having filed criminal charges against them or had been found guilty at trial.
A total of 15 people linked to the attack remain in custody ahead of their trials, more than three years after the attacks and six months before an alleged presidential election rematch between Biden and Trump.