A former government employee was charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to the FBI reporting that several co-workers participated in the Capitol riot.
by MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER | Associated PressFILE - Violent insurrectionists breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.
Zapata submitted at least seven anonymous tips to the FBI's website claiming that seven government employees and contractors were involved in the Capitol riot, according to an FBI task force officer's affidavit. None of the seven government employees and contractors were in Washington, D.C., on January 6 or attacked the Capitol," the affidavit says.
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