WASHINGTON - Federico Klein, a former State Department aide who was appointed by former President Donald Trump was arrested on Thursday by the FBI, in connection with the deadly Jan.
6 Capitol riots.A spokesperson for the FBI’s Washington, D.C., field office confirmed the arrest, however, details on the charges against him have not yet been immediately disclosed.
Klein is believed to be the first Trump appointee to be facing charges related to the violent Capitol assault. Politico reported that Klein worked briefly in the State Department’s Office of Brazilian and Southern Cone Affairs before being transferred to work with Freedom of Information Act requests.Klein worked as a "tech analyst," on Trump’s 2016 campaign, according to.