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Views: Fancy that, someone who works for the Federal government openly trying to overthrow the Federal government, even showing his fellow rioters his gun and badge. An agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency was arrested Tuesday after the FBI accused him of storming the Capitol on January 6 and lying to Justice Department officials about his participation in the insurrection. Prosecutors accused the DEA agent, Mark Ibrahim, of bringing a gun to the Capitol grounds as part of a mob of Donald Trump supporters who sought to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. Accor...

First Published: 3:34 PM PDT, July 21, 2021 On Wednesday, the DEA said in a statement that it was “aware” of the federal charges brought against him and that he is no longer employed at the agency. An off-duty special agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was armed with his DEA-issued gun when he attended the riot on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Mark Ibrahim of Orange County, California, who authorities say joined the pro-Trump riot, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with four crimes that include making a false statement and carryi...

Jon Cherry/Getty Images An off-duty special agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration attended the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, prosecutors say in court documents unsealed Tuesday, carrying his government-issued pistol and flashing his DEA credentials and badge. Mark Ibrahim of Orange County, California, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with making a false statement to investigators and possession of a firearm on restricted grounds. Prosecutors allege that Ibrahim crossed police lines to enter the restricted grounds outside the Capitol, and shared photos of himself there to a group chat on Wh...

. “Ibrahim played no role in any riot. He never committed any violence, attempted to enter any buildings nor induced or promoted others to do so,” Darren Richie, Ibrahim’s attorney, told POLITICO. Richie also added that the “indictment results from conjecture, political pressure and a flawed attempt to paint a specific narrative through pictures taken wholly out of context." Investigators found several photos of Ibrahim among the pro-Trump crowd at the Capitol on Jan. 6, including ones where he displayed both his DEA badge and firearm, which were taken at his request, according to th...

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