• Federico Klein, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, was arrested in connection with the Capitol riots, Politico reported.
• Klein is believed to be the first Trump appointee to be charged in connection to the January 6 insurrection.
• Klein worked on the 2016 Trump campaign and was later appointed to the State Department.
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The FBI arrested Federico Klein, a former State Department aide appointed by former President Donald Trump, in connection with the January 6 Capitol riots, Politico’s Josh Gerstein reported.

Klein is believed to be the first Trump appointee to be facing charges related to the Capitol insurrection. 

A spokesperson for the FBI told Politico that Klein was taken into custody in Virginia, but exact charges have not yet been named. 

According to a public database of executive branch personnel, Klein joined the State Department in 2017, and was a special assistant in the Bureau Of Western Hemisphere Affairs and made an annual salary of $66,510.

When Politico spoke to Klein’s mother Cecilia on Thursday she said: “Fred’s politics burn a little hot but I’ve never known him to violate the law.” 

This is a developing story…