A former Trump political appointee charged with assaulting police during the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot told a federal judge his jail cell is infested with cockroaches.
Federico Klein, 42, was arrested Thursday and was being held at the Washington, D.C., jail. Records show that Klein worked on the Trump campaign and became a low-level political appointee at the State Department shortly after former President Donald Trump took office.
Klein resigned on January 19, so he was still a federal employee on the day of the Capitol riot. The FBI said in court documents that Klein can be seen on video recorded during the Jan.