Cop's Son Who Punched Officer In Capitol Attack Has A Brother In The Secret Service

LOADING ERROR LOADING A Donald Trump-loving gym owner who authorities say attacked a police officer during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is the son of a deceased New Jersey trooper and has a brother in the U.S. Secret Service, HuffPost has learned. Scott Kevin Fairlamb, the owner of Fairlamb Fit and a former ultimate fighter, is the son of retired New Jersey Trooper Preston “Jay” Fairlamb Jr., who died in a 2012 motorcycle crash. A website for Scott Fairlamb’s 2019 wedding lists his best man as “Jay,” and one acquaintance confirmed that the longtime Service Service agent was in his brother’s wedding party. Harley Breite, the New Jersey attorney representing Scott Fairlamb, told HuffPost that Preston Fairlamb was not aware of his brother’s activities at the Capitol. “The government has not charged my client in connection with anything to do with the president.” The eccentric defense attorney ― whose own mixed martial arts career was the subject of a documentary that was an official selection in the Tribeca Film Festival last year ― said that Scott Fairlamb “has a long, recorded history of supporting law enforcement agencies throughout the entire country.” According to Breite, Fairlamb has contributed to charity events for law enforcement and has “the same ideological viewpoint” as the police because he believes “police have a very important role in the protection of everyone’s rights and safety.” Breite said that Fairlamb went to Washington “to simply voice his opinion” and that he did not condone the behavior of others on the scene.