A former FBI agent who encouraged rioters to kill police officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is now advising a Justice Department task force created by President Trump to pursue his political opponents.
A former FBI supervisory special agent accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and encouraging rioters to “kill” police was indicted Thursday on felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting and impeding officers, along with four misdemeanors.
A former FBI agent who was accused this week of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, previously served as supervisory special agent in charge of Homegrown Violent Extremism for the bureau’s New York Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
