Government Employee Violated Law on Jan. 6 but Wasn’t Prosecuted: Document

Published on April 14, 2024

A U.S. government employee violated the law on Jan. 6, 2021, but was not prosecuted, according to an internal report obtained by The Epoch Times. Investigators with the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Inspector General (OIG), acting on a tip from the U.S. Department of Justice’s inspector general, found that an OIG worker was on U.S. Capitol grounds as the Capitol was breached on Jan. 6. The employee during an interview with the OIG admitted to being near the Capitol but made a number of false claims, including that he did not witness any violence and did not do anything illegal, according to the OIG....