By Josh Gerstein
Politico
July 20, 2021
A special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration has become the first federal law enforcement officer charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Mark Ibrahim of Orange County, Calif., who joined the pro-Trump crowd outside the Capitol while armed with his DEA-issued pistol, faces felony charges of entering a restricted area with a weapon, possession of a firearm on Capitol grounds and lying to investigators. Advertisement
Ibrahim has insisted through his attorney that he did not go inside the Capitol building or engage in any violence. However, prosecutors allege that Ibrahim violated the law by crossing police lines set up with barricades and other markers that closed off access to most of the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6.