一名共和党州议员因涉嫌去年允许一群抗议者进入俄勒冈州国会大厦而面临指控。
经过俄勒冈州警方的调查，马里恩县地方检察官周五指控众议员迈克·尼尔曼犯有官方不当行为和刑事侵入罪，这两项罪行都是轻罪。
他定于5月11日被提审。美国广播公司新闻已经联系尼尔曼请其置评。
12月21日事件的安全视频由美国广播公司俄勒冈州分公司在为期一天的特别会议上，尼尔曼似乎离开了塞勒姆的国会大厦，该大厦因大流行而对公众关闭。几名抗议者当天聚集在一起反对该州的新冠肺炎措施，可以看到他们进入大楼并与警察发生冲突。
警方称，三名通过该入口进入的人被逮捕，其中一人涉嫌向警察喷洒梅斯。
安德鲁·塞尔斯基/美联社档案
支持特朗普和反对面具的示威者在俄勒冈州国会大厦外举行集会，立法者在俄勒冈州塞勒姆召...
民主党众议院议长蒂娜·科泰克(Tina Kotek)在1月份透露，尼尔曼涉嫌允许抗议者进入国会大厦，她要求尼尔曼辞职。
科特克周五在推特上写道:“尼尔曼众议员让国会大厦的每个人都处于严重危险之中，并在国会大厦的工作人员和立法者中制造了恐惧。”“鉴于今天的指控，我呼吁他在1月份辞职，并再次发出呼吁。”
尼尔曼说，众议院议长的动机是“与政治有关，而不是与安全有关”，因为她在美国国会大厦遭到袭击一天后证实了对州议会大厦违规行为的调查。
他在一份声明中说:“我希望的是正当程序，而不是议长科泰克让我接受的暴民司法。”声明一月份去KATU。
“我不宽恕暴力，也不参与暴力，”他说。
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俄勒冈州众议员迈克·尼尔曼在一张未注明日期的照片中发言。
该州的众议院行为委员会在1月份投票取消了尼尔曼的徽章，允许他进入国会大厦，并禁止他允许未经授权的人进入大楼。他还被要求在到达国会大厦前提前24小时通知，并呆在办公室里，除非在众议院等地方处理立法事务。
据报道，今年3月，州立法议会还向尼尔曼开出了2700多美元的发票，用于修复12月份的漏洞俄勒冈州公共广播。据OPB报道，发票包括一个自动关门器的365美元，以及油漆和一个壁挂式洗手液分配器的费用。
尼尔曼在11月份第四次当选。
State lawmaker faces charges for allegedly allowing protesters into Oregon Capitol
A Republican state lawmaker faces charges over allegedly allowing a group of protesters into the Oregon Capitol last year.
Rep. Mike Nearman was charged with official misconduct and criminal trespass, both misdemeanors, by the Marion County district attorney on Friday, after an investigation by the Oregon State Police.
He is scheduled to be arraigned on May 11. ABC News has reached out to Nearman for comment.
A security video of the Dec. 21 incident obtained byABC Oregon affiliate KATUappears to show Nearman leaving the Capitol in Salem, which was closed to the public due to the pandemic, during a one-day special session. Several protesters, who were rallying that day against the state's COVID-19 measures, can be seen entering the building and clashing with police.
Three people who gained access through that entryway were arrested, including one man who allegedly sprayed mace at officers, police said.
Democratic House Speaker Tina Kotek, who revealed in January that Nearman was suspected of allowing protesters to enter the Capitol, has called for his resignation.
"Rep. Nearman put every person in the Capitol in serious danger and created fear among Capitol staff and legislators," Kotek wrote on Twitter Friday. "I called on him to resign in January and renew my call in light of today's charges."
Nearman said the House speaker's motivations were "about politics and not about safety" after she confirmed the investigation into the state Capitol's breach a day after the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
"I hope for due process, and not the mob justice to which Speaker Kotek is subjecting me," he said in astatementto KATU in January.
"I don't condone violence nor participate in it," he said.
The state's House Conduct Committee voted in January to strip Nearman of his badge allowing him into the Capitol and prohibit him from allowing unauthorized people into the building. He also was required to provide 24-hour notice before arriving at the Capitol and stay in his office unless conducting legislative business in areas like the House floor.
The state Legislative Assembly in March also invoiced Nearman for more than $2,700 for repairs stemming from the December breach, according toOregon Public Broadcasting. The invoice included $365 for an automatic door closer as well as fees for paint and a wall-mounted hand sanitizer dispenser, OPB reported.
Nearman was elected to his fourth term in November.
