For the first time, Trump appointee arrested in connection with Jan. 6 riot

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.MaddowBlog: The Justice Department has charged more than 300 people with taking part in the Jan. 6 riot, but now, a Trump appointee is among those arrested.

Olivier Douliery / AFP - Getty Images fileNearly two months after the deadly insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol, the prosecutorial phase is well underway. NBC Newslast week, for example, that the Justice Department has charged more than 300 people with taking part in the Jan. 6 riot.

To be sure, many of the individuals who've been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack have explicitly said they were inspired by Donald Trump and his anti-election lies to commit acts of violence. But Federico Klein is the first official appointed directly by Trump to face these kinds of allegations.

 

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