当局周五表示，一名美国国会大厦警官因涉嫌鼓励1月6日骚乱的据称参与者删除社交媒体上显示该人加入支持特朗普的暴徒冲击国会大厦的帖子而被捕，并被控妨碍司法公正。
迈克尔·莱利是一名有着25年以上工作经验的官员，在暴乱期间并没有在国会大厦内值班，但后来他给一名身份不明的脸书人发了信息，据称此人在国会大厦内发布了自拍和其他视频控告说。
据称，莱利写道:“嘿(第一人称)，我是国会大厦的警察，同意你的政治立场。“记下他们正在调查的大楼里的部分，大楼里的每个人都将被起诉。只是往外看!”
根据起诉书，该人随后与莱利交换了数十条信息，显示他们于1月6日在国会大厦内外。
“我明白了...这是一场彻头彻尾的表演!!!"据称莱利写道。“只是想给你提个醒...我很高兴你毫发无损地离开了那里。我们有50多名警察受伤，有些相当严重，”起诉书说。
根据收费文件，两人在几天后继续通过脸书直拨电话交谈。当局表示，在一次交流中，莱利开玩笑说，这名被指控的暴徒可以在晚些时候来华盛顿和他住在一起，他可以为他安排一次旅行，这样他就可以“合法”看到它。
根据指控文件，这名被指控的暴徒后来于1月19日被捕，起诉书显示，这名个人告诉莱利，“联邦调查局非常好奇我一直在和你说话”，并警告他，他们可能会联系他。
指控称，莱利随后据称删除了所有往来于骚乱者的脸书信息。
后来，根据起诉书，莱利给暴徒发了一条信息，称一个共同的朋友给他发了一段视频，显示该男子在国会大厦吸烟，并说这让他“震惊和目瞪口呆”，以至于他删除了他们之前的所有信息。
在因两项妨碍司法公正的罪名被捕后，莱利于周五下午首次出庭。
政府没有要求拘留他，他在几个条件下被下令释放，包括他从家里拿走任何武器。
他没有对此案提出抗辩。他的律师说，他们预计他将在本月晚些时候因这两项指控被传讯。
国会大厦警察局局长汤姆·马槽称这些指控“非常严重”，并表示在案件完成之前，这名警官正在被行政休假。这名官员还将接受USCP的行政调查。
莱利最近在K-9理工大学工作。
他在2011年2月被选为月度最佳官员时，在暴风雪中响应一名官员的号召，被国家执法官员纪念基金公布的一张照片中被拍到。
美国国会大厦警察工会的负责人要求公众等待“直到案件的所有事实都被知道，这名警官有机会为自己辩护。”
工会主席格斯·帕帕萨纳西乌说:“我只要求每个人都尊重这个过程，让它继续下去，然后再对这位官员做出判断。”。
US Capitol Police officer charged with obstruction related to Jan. 6 attack
A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice over allegations he encouraged an alleged participant of the Jan. 6 riot to delete social media posts that showed the person joining the pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol, authorities said Friday.
Michael Riley, an officer with more than 25 years of experience, was not on duty inside the Capitol building itself during the riot -- but afterward messaged an unidentified individual over Facebook who allegedly had posted selfies and other videos showing themselves inside the Capitol, anindictmentsaid.
"Hey [Person 1], im a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance," Riley allegedly wrote. "Take down the part about being in the building they are currently investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to [be] charged. Just looking out!"
The person then exchanged dozens of more messages with Riley showing them inside and outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to the indictment.
"I get it... it was a total sh** show!!!" Riley allegedly wrote. "Just wanted to give you a heads up... Im glad you got out of there unscathed. We had over 50 officers hurt, some pretty bad," the indictment said.
The two continued to converse over Facebook direct messaging for several days after, according to charging documents. In one exchange, Riley joked the alleged rioter could come stay with him in D.C. at a later date and he could arrange a tour for him so he could "legally" see it, authorities said.
The alleged rioter was later arrested on Jan. 19, according to the charging documents, and the individual told Riley "the fbi was very curious that I had been speaking to you" and warned him they would likely be reaching out to him, according to the indictment.
Riley then allegedly deleted all of his Facebook messages to and from the rioter, the charges said.
Later, according to the indictment, Riley sent a message to the rioter saying a mutual friend sent him a video showing the man smoking weed in the Capitol, and said it made him so "shocked and dumbfounded" that he deleted all of their prior messages.
Riley made his first appearance in court Friday afternoon following his arrest on two counts of obstruction of justice.
The government did not seek his detention and he was ordered released on several conditions, including that he remove any firearms from his home.
He did not enter a plea in the case. His attorney said they expected he will be arraigned on both charges sometime later this month.
Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger called the allegations “very serious” and said the officer is being placed on administrative leave pending the completion of the case. The officer will also be subjected to an administrative USCP investigation.
Riley had worked most recently as a K-9 tech.
He was pictured in a photo released by the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial Fund when he was chosen as Officer of the Month for February 2011 after he responded to an officer down call in the middle of a snow storm.
The head of the U.S. Capitol Police union is asking the public to wait "until all of the facts of the case are known and this officer has been given the opportunity to defend himself."
"All I ask is that everyone respect the process and let it proceed before rendering a judgment on this officer," union chairman Gus Papathanasiou said.
