The destruction caused by the crowds that stormed the Capitol continues to cause people to talk and now the Los Angeles County Sheriff (LASD), Alex Villanueva reported that he recently learned that one of his agents had participated in said demonstration , for which he initiated an investigation.
Sheriff Villanueva made reference to the incident during a press conference in which he assured that he condemns the violence that occurred in Washington DC in the same way in which he condemned the riots and looting caused by the death of George Floyd, and later published a short statement on his social networks confirming the fact.
“ I am very concerned that one of my agents may have been involved in the destruction of the Capitol. As soon as I knew it, I contacted the FBI and told them , ”said the LASD Sheriff in a statement posted Thursday on his Twitter account.
However, the Sheriff assured that the agent was off duty, but indicated that in the same way a internal investigation.
US Capitol Incident allegedly involving off-duty Deputy . pic.twitter.com/8Qnl3jTGZh
– Alex Villanueva (@LACoSheriff) January 14, 2021
Agree With information revealed by the Los Angeles Times, this same week an agent of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), confessed to having participated in the takeover of Congress and the agency ordered him give statements to the FBI.
So far the Federal Investigation Agency has arrested several of those involved in the riots in the last January 6 and even on Wednesday he arrested a man from Los Angeles involved in the events at his residence.
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