Top aide to Oregon governor was arrested at 2020 antifa riot

Published September 29, 2025 4:26pm ET



A top aide to Gov. Tina Kotek (D-OR), who is opposing President Donald Trump’s efforts to protect government facilities in Portland from antifa attacks, was arrested for allegedly interfering with law enforcement during an antifa uprising at a Portland police station in 2020.

Kotek’s senior adviser Kristina Narayan, then her legislative director when Kotek was speaker of the Oregon House, was among nearly 60 rioters arrested overnight on Sept. 5, 2020, when a mob of antifa militants hurled firebombs, mortars, and other projectiles at officers outside the East Portland Community Policing Center.

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