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Trump division aid accused of beating police during riot hates jail
Criminal charge A Trump appointment, which was still underway at the State Department when he allegedly hit police with a riotous shield on the U.S. Capitol and demanded a crowd of insurgents, was arrested on January 6 for his role . Federico Klein, a 42-year-old State Department staff assistant with the highest security clearance, is facing a number of charges, including unlawful entry and assault of an officer with a dangerous weapon, according to a criminal complaint that first obtained by The New York Times. Prosecutors allege that Klein, who also worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign, was “physically and verbally involved with the officers holding the line” before assaulting one officer with a riot shield – and using the stolen police equipment to ” a door wedged open to the Capitol to allow insurgents. within. “We need fresh people, fresh people!” Klein, wearing a red MAGA hat, was heard screaming in a YouTube video as people stormed the building and police tried to stop the crowd. Criminal charge During his first appearance in court on Friday, Klein’s appetite for chaos subsided. After Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui Klein read his charges, Klein let it be known that he was not happy about the conditions in a DC prison. ‘I wonder if there’s a place I can stay in detention where I do not crawl cockroaches over me while trying to sleep … I mean, I really did not sleep that much, your honor. “It would be nice if I could sleep in a place where there were no cockroaches everywhere,” Klein said, according to the Washington Post. Prosecutors argued Friday that Klein should be detained pending trial for assaulting an officer. However, a federal defense attorney has insisted that Klein’s charges do not amount to a violent crime, and that he be released under appropriate circumstances.Criminal charge Klein’s arrest Thursday night in Virginia, first reported by Politico, was the first time more than 300 people have been charged in connection with the rally following a speech by Trump in which he falsely claimed that he would run in the November election. Won by 2020. According to the complaint, Klein was identified by people conducting the FBI’s social media campaign with photos of rioters at the Capitol. The FBI also noted that he was still a had his approval for his job in the Office of Brazilian and Southern Cone Affairs until his resignation on January 19. Another tipster tagged Klein’s Facebook account to the federations, which went by the name ‘Freddie Klein’. , ”According to court documents. On Klein’s Facebook page, he is seen in photos below a group covered under MAGA equipment – and in another enjoying several Miller High Lifes. According to a ProPublica database of Trump nominees, Klein worked as a special assistant in the Office of Brazilian and Southern Cone. Cases after joining the State Department on January 22, 2017, where he was paid $ 66,510. ‘It’s not fair!’: Rioter, who was standing in Pelosi’s office, lost it in court A LinkedIn profile, identified as Klein, also says he has been politically active in the Republican Party since at least 2008 , when he started volunteering for campaigns. Klein worked for the Trump campaign just before joining the State Department. Klein’s mother, Cecilia Klein, told Politico that her son admitted on January 6 that he was in DC – but told her he was only ‘on the Mall. That’s what he told me. ” Fred’s politics are burning a little hot … but I’ve never known him to break the law … While I believe, as he said, he was at the Mall that day, I know I have no evidence no, and I will never ask him unless he tells me where he was after being in the Mall, ‘she added. Read more at The Daily Beast. Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now! Daily membership of the beast: Beast Inside goes deeper into the stories that matter to you. Learn more.