Ex-government employee Miguel Zapata with tie is accused of sending fake FBI tips falsely accusing multiple coworkers of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach.
Washington — A former government employee with ties to federal intelligence agencies was arrested in Virginia Thursday and accused of sending fake tips to the FBI in which he falsely accused multiple coworkers of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach, newly unsealed court documents revealed.
'None of the seven government employees and contractors were in Washington, D.C., on January 6 or attacked the Capitol,' prosecutors confirmed in court records.In one submission from February 2021, Zapata allegedly wrote that one individual 'espouses extremist ideology in the work place and has bragged about association with the Boogaloo Bois, ProudBoys and Oath Keepers,' extremist groups whose members and associates have been charged in the attack.
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