Government Employee Violated Law on Jan. 6 but Wasn’t Prosecuted: Document

Treasury Department worker lied to investigators, inspector general says.

Attorney General Merrick Garland in Washington on Sept. 20, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A U.S. government employee violated the law on Jan. 6, 2021, but was not prosecuted, according to an internal report obtained by The Epoch Times.

Investigators with the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Inspector General (OIG), acting on a tip from the U.S. Department of Justice’s inspector general, found that an OIG worker was on U.S. Capitol grounds as the Capitol was breached on Jan. 6.