doug sweet was not the only person from the small town at the capitol. he has been indicted by federal prosecutors along with the woman named cindy fidget for unlawfully entering the capitol. both have plead not guilty. >> i'm surprised it was not more. >> reporter: really? >> yeah, i thought it would be more. >> reporter: he writes crime novels and was born and raised in matthews. >> the attitudes and ideas and motivations that drove them to the capitol have been bubbling under the surface since i was a kid. >> reporter: how much of it was a reaction to what happened last year with the protests for racial justice? >> i think it'sity ia lot of it think the bottom line is you have people afraid, they can't articulate it and they cannot express it. >> i did not go with malice or intention of malice. what other recourse do they have? they will not listen to us. >> reporter: we wanted to talk to him, but he declined our request for an interview, we went to an island where he lives, passing the largest confederate flag we have seen yet. >> no, that's not me.

. >> reporter: robyn sweet was talking about her father doug.life. >> i don't remember as a kid politics. >> reporter: she said her dad's career at the shipyards back in the early '90s injured on the job. robyn's parents divorced and now doug works as a handyman in town. was there a moment when you realize something changed here. >> when charlottesville happened. my dad was there. >> reporter: unite the right, she said that's when her father fully embraced president trump's rhetoric about defending heritage. >> we will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues and erase our mystery. >> reporter: and doug found a home in far right politics. >> we couldn't have a regular conversation. it would go down this rabbit hole like they're takieing children and draining their blood to produce adrenochrome. >> reporter: it's become a basis in the online conspiracy theory known as qanon. >> what do you say to that? >> reporter: at the same time, robyn who is 35 was devoting herself to racial justice issues marking with black lives matter. >> we're go