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March 5, 2021

Former Trump Admin Official Charged with Assaulting Cop at January 6 Capitol Riot
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In Arkansas, the man photographed with his feet propped on House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi's desk during the January 6 assault on the Capitol shouted
at a federal judge Thursday that it was "not fair" that he was being
held in jail ahead of his trial. Richard Barnett has pleaded not guilty
to felony charges - including obstruction of Congress and disorderly
conduct in a restricted building with a dangerous weapon. 

In Virginia, federal agents have arrested former Trump administration
official Federico Klein, charging him with assaulting a police officer
with a dangerous weapon during the January 6 attack. Klein worked on
Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and served as special assistant in the
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the State Department. He's also
a former U.S. marine who was deployed in Iraq. This comes as federal
agents are probing communications between pro-Trump insurrectionists and
members of Congress or their staffers. 

On Thursday, the U.S. Capitol Police requested a 60-day extension of the
National Guard's mission helping to protect Congress. If approved, as
many as 2,200 troops could remain on Capitol Hill into May.


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