Capitol Police Officer Charged With Covering Up January 6 Crimes
15 October 2021
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15 October 2021
A 25-year veteran of the US Capitol Police faces obstruction of justice charges over allegations that he tried to cover up crimes related to the January 6 insurrection. Federal prosecutors say that the officer warned a man who participated in the attack to delete Facebook posts showing himself inside the Capitol—and that the officer subsequently deleted his own Facebook messages in an effort to cover his tracks. “[I’]m a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance,” Michael Angelo Riley told the riot suspect in a January 7 Facebook direct message, according to a grand jury indictment dated October ...
Capitol Police officer charged with covering up January 6 crimes
The veteran officer allegedly told a rioter to "take down" incriminating Facebook posts.
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