A video posted on the internet also showed Mark Sami Ibrahim carrying a flag bearing the words “Liberty or Death” outside the Capitol, about 12 minutes before a mob of people pulled apart a nearby set of barricades, authorities said.
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington. Months after Donald Trump’s supporters besieged the Capitol, the ex-president and his supporters are revising their account of that day. An off-duty Drug Enforcement Administration agent posed for photographs in which he flashed his DEA badge and firearm outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, according to a court filing Tuesday following the agent's arrest.
The friend denied that, however, and told investigators that Ibrahim had concocted the false story to “cover his ass," according to a case summary signed by senior special agent with the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General. Ibrahim was arrested Tuesday in Washington on charges that included entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a firearm and making a false statement when he denied displayed his badge or firearm.
“If we receive information indicating an employee engaged in misconduct, DEA’s policy is to promptly refer the case to the appropriate authorities for review,” the agency told AP in January. “I wanted to aid law enforcement that day as best I could. I really didn’t think anything of it,” he said.
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