Thomas Bordeau Sr. of Peru, shown circled in red inside U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was arrested last month and charged in connection with the riot there. Submitted photo

A Peru man pleaded not guilty Thursday of federal crimes stemming from the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Thomas Bordeau Sr., 61, was arrested last month and charged with four misdemeanors, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.

Each of the two crimes is punishable by up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

He also was charged with disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in any of the Capitol buildings.

Each of those crimes is punishable by up to six months in prison and a fine of up to $5,000.

The case was transferred from federal court in Maine to Washington, D.C.

Bordeau pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Washington on Thursday by appearing at his arraignment via videoconference, according to court records.

He is free on a $5,000 unsecured bond. He was ordered by the court not to have any firearms, destructive devices or other weapons.

His next court date is scheduled for Jan. 3.

As part of the FBI investigation into the attack on the Capitol, the FBI reviewed records from websites, public video and closed circuit video footage depicting events at the Capitol building and grounds on Jan. 6.

“These records and video footage confirmed that Bordeau participated in the attack” on the Capitol that day, an FBI Special Agent wrote in an affidavit filed in court records.

Bordeau entered the Upper West Terrace door at about 2:45 p.m. and appeared to be by himself. Within about 10 seconds of walking into the building, he walked back toward the Upper West Terrace door, and held it open for other rioters to enter, waving some of them in, for nearly one minute, the agent wrote.

Meanwhile, members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate were meeting in a joint session in the Capitol to certify the vote count of the Electoral College of the 2020 Presidential Election, which had taken place Nov. 3, 2020.

Around 2 p.m., people in the crowd gathered outside forced their way into the Capitol building, including by breaking windows and by assaulting members of the U.S. Capitol Police, as others in the crowd encouraged and assisted those acts.

Bordeau can be seen walking through the Rotunda at about 2:47 p.m. He exited the Capitol building on the east side at about 2:52 p.m., the agent wrote.

At 3:18 p.m. Bordeau sent a Facebook message to a friend that read: “Just left the capital We were inside the dome Somebody broke the door down We got pepper sprayed I’m walking back from the capital now…” according to the affidavit.

On Jan. 7, 2021, he posted an upside-down American flag to his Facebook page, “which I know from my experience to be a sign of distress that was used by rioters on January 6, 2021 to convey their outrage at the results of the 2020 election,” the agent wrote.