A Trump appointee who was arrested after participating in the Capitol riot asked a judge if he could be transferred to a cell with no cockroaches
Summary List Placement A former Trump-appointed aide complained to a judge about the roach-infested cell he's in after getting arrested for storming the Capitol in January.
Authorities arrested Federico Klein, a former staff assistant at the State Department after he participated in the January 6 insurrection, during which he had been "assaulting officers with a riot shield," an affidavit said.
He "physically and verbally engaged" with police officers and impeded them from doing their job, according to the affidavit. Klein was spotted in a MAGA hat and described in the affidavit as "resisting officers, attempting to take items from officers, and assaulting officers with a riot shield."
Since his arrest, Klein has been held in a detention facility but asked a judge to be moved elsewhere due to poor conditions.
"I wonder if there's a place where I can stay in detention where I don't have cockroaches crawling over me while I attempt to sleep," he said, according to a report from the Washington Post. "I mean, I...
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