Frederico Klein, a former State Department official, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison after being found guilty on several counts including assault of multiple police officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

<div class="block">Frederico Klein, a former State Department official, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison after being found guilty on several counts including assault of multiple police officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6.</div>

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Former State Dept. Appointee Sentenced for Jan. 6 Assault

It was sentencing day for a former state department official who was appointed by Donald Trump for his role in the January 6th Capitol riots. Frederico Klein was sentenced to nearly six years in prison after being found guilty on several counts including the assault of multiple police officers at the capitol. According to the judge, Klein told one officer during the initial break of the capitol quote, you can't stop us during the sentencing. The judge went on to call Klein's actions shocking and egregious.