Federico Klein is seen in a still image from video footage taken on January  in Washington, D.C., around the time of the U.S. Capitol assault.  (Image credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation)

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The FBI arrested a former Trump political appointee Thursday, charging the former State Department aide with multiple felony counts for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, the NY Times reported. Federico Klein, 42,  one of former President Donald Trump’s appointees to the U.S. Department of State, was charged for  allegedly attacking police  in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Klein was picked up by federal agents in Virginia. Klein is the first known Trump administration political appointee to be arrested for taking part in the siege.  According to  CNN, Federal authorities noted Klein, who is also a former Trump campaign aide, held a top secret-level security clearance at the time of the riot and resigned from the State Department at the end of the administration. Investigators found several images of Klein in the riot allegedly using a police riot shield to wedge open an entrance for rioters and fighting against a police line for several minutes, according to his arrest affidavit. Klein wore a red “Make America Great Again” hat then changed into a “United States Marine Corps” hat during the riot, investigators say.