Former Government Official Charged for Falsely Accusing Colleagues of Involvement in Jan. 6 Capitol Events
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A former government official has been charged with making multiple false statements implicating his former colleagues in the January 6th Capitol event, according to court documents.
Miguel Zapata, a former government official, was arrested Thursday and has been accused of misusing the FBI’s anonymous tip website.
Special Agent Cole Ashcraft, who is assigned to the FBI’s Washington Field Office Cyber Task Force, indicated that the false statements were made between February and April 2021 through the FBI’s online tip portal.
The agency began scrutinizing these tips after noticing similarities in their wording and the dates they were submitted. Investigations linked the submissions to IP addresses owned by a service that provides anonymous web access,
