DEA agent suspended after allegedly being in crowd outside Capitol siege: Lawyer

By Zach Halaschak

Published March 4, 2021 1:13am ET

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DEA agent suspended after allegedly being in crowd outside Capitol siege: Lawyer — Police begin clearing angry protesters from the Capitol building in Washington by using tear gas on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Demonstrators responded by taunting and yelling at law enforcement before retreating from the toxic gas and the officers with riot shields. | (Zachary Halaschak/Washington Examiner)

The Drug Enforcement Agency suspended one of its agents who was allegedly outside the Capitol on the day that rioters laid siege to the building, his lawyer said.

Attorney Gretchen Gaspari’s client, DEA agent Mark Ibrahim, was put on leave “because of his presence on Jan. 6,” she said, adding that Ibrahim had his security clearance suspended because of the matter, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

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