Republican on Maryland elections board resigns after Jan. 6 arrest

WASHINGTON — A man arrested by the FBI this week in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has resigned as a Republican member of the Maryland State Board of Elections.

Federal authorities arrested Carlos Ayala on Tuesday and charged him with several misdemeanors and a felony count of civil disorder.

He is accused of joining the mob at the windows to the Capitol, shoving his broken flag through a broken window and waving it around while wearing a stars-and-stripes hoodie, a "Stop the Steal" button and a "grey 3M-style painter’s mask with large filters on each cheek," according to an FBI affidavit. Ayala's black flag featured the words "We the People," an M-16-style rifle and "DEFEND," court documents said.