Trump State Department aide charged with assaulting police during Capitol siege

The FBI arrested a former State Department aide in the Trump administration on Thursday on charges related to the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, according to a criminal complaint.

Federico Klein, a “Schedule- C political appointee” who resigned from his post on Jan. 19, was seen on body camera footage attacking officers with a stolen riot shield in the tunnel that led to the Lower West Terrace Capitol entrance, court documents obtained by the New York Times said. Klein used the shield to wedge open a door during a scuffle with law enforcement and yelled, “We need fresh people,” to a crowd as he stood toe-to-toe with police, investigators said.