A Maryland police officer has been convicted of charges that he joined a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and hurled a smoke bomb and other objects at police officers guarding a tunnel entrance.
Montgomery County police officer Justin Lee arrives to the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. – A Maryland police officer was convicted on Friday of charges that he joined a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and hurled a smoke bomb and other objects at police officers guarding a tunnel entrance.
Lee, of Rockville, Maryland, applied to be a Montgomery County police officer in July 2021 — six months after the riot. The department said it hired Lee approximately one year after the riot and didn’t know about his alleged involvement in the attack until July 2023, when it learned he was under FBI investigation.
“Lee later joined other rioters in 'spotlighting' officers inside the tunnel with a flashlight until officers were able to retake the middle landing of the Lower West Terrace,” prosecutors wrote.
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