A Trump appointee who was arrested after participating in the Capitol riot asked a judge if he could be transferred to a cell with no cockroaches – By Yelena Dzhanova (Business Insider) / Mar 7 2021
- Federico Klein, a former State Department aide who was arrested after the Capitol riot, complained of his cell conditions to a judge.
- He said he had trouble sleeping because he felt “cockroaches crawling” all over him.
- Klein is believed to the first Trump appointee arrested in connection with the Capitol riot.
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A former Trump-appointed aide complained to a judge about the roach-infested cell he’s in after getting arrested for storming the Capitol in January.
Authorities arrested Federico Klein, a former staff assistant at the State Department after he participated in the January 6 insurrection, during which he had been “assaulting officers with a riot shield,” an affidavit said.
He “physically and verbally engaged” with police officers and impeded them from doing their job, according to the affidavit. Klein was spotted in a MAGA hat and described in the affidavit as “resisting officers, attempting to take items from officers, and assaulting officers with a riot shield.”
Since his arrest, Klein has been held in a detention facility but asked a judge to be moved elsewhere due to poor conditions.
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