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Posted: 2021-01-23T21:39:42Z | Updated: 2021-01-25T17:41:05Z

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. Michelle Obama , the first lady at the time, attended a memorial service for the elder Fairlamb because his other son, Preston Jay Fairlamb III, had led her Secret Service detail. Obama even mentioned Preston Fairlamb III in her recent memoir, writing that they became real friends and shared stories and jokes.

A website for Scott Fairlambs 2019 wedding lists his best man as Jay, and one acquaintance confirmed that the longtime Service Service agent was in his brothers wedding party. Multiple sources and public records confirm their relationship.

Theres no indication that Preston Fairlamb III, who is listed on LinkedIn as resident agent-in-charge of the Trenton, New Jersey, office of the Secret Service, was aware of his brothers activities at the Capitol this month. The criminal complaint against Scott Fairlamb, authored by an unnamed FBI agent, does not give any specific sign that Agent Fairlamb helped bring his brother to justice.

The U.S. Secret Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Harley Breite, the New Jersey attorney representing Scott Fairlamb, told HuffPost that Preston Fairlamb was not aware of his brothers activities at the Capitol.

My clients brother has nothing to do with the allegations against my client and was not made aware nor was aware that my client may have even traveled to the Capitol, Breite said.

Scott Fairlamb faces a civil disorder charge, a charge of assaulting a federal officer, a charge of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, a count of carrying a dangerous weapon, and a charge of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

Two of the charges against Scott Fairlamb apply because he was in a restricted area where a person protected by the Secret Service in this case, Vice President Mike Pence was visiting. Pence was at the Capitol to oversee the certification of the Electoral College vote count, which then-President Trump and his supporters sought to stop and overturn.

Fairlamb made an initial court appearance in New Jersey and was ordered released, but the order was stayed pending appeal by the government, according to the Justice Department.