Ex-Official Charged with Falsely Implicating Colleagues

“Federal prosecutors have charged a former government employee with falsely accusing seven colleagues — many of whom held security clearances and at least some of whom worked in the intelligence community — of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol,” Politico reports.

“Investigators say Miguel Zapata used ‘burner’ emails to submit anonymous tips to an FBI tipline about seven ex-colleagues, causing the bureau to investigate and interview many of them.”