Photo / APA former US State Department aide in President Donald Trump's administration has been charged with participating in the deadly siege at the Capitol and assaulting officers who were trying to guard the building. Klein pushed his way toward the doors, where, authorities say, "he physically and verbally engaged" with officers trying to keep the mob back. At least five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died as a result of the violence, and two other officers killed themselves after. Klein became a staff assistant in the State Department shortly after Trump's inauguration in 2017, according to a financial disclosure report. One of Klein's State Department co-workers helped authorities identify him, officials said.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 05, 2021 22:39 UTC