DEA agent charged with breaching police lines during Capitol riot

Mark Ibrahim also is accused of falsely denying that he displayed DEA badge and gun while outside Capitol on Jan. 6

A special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration has become the first federal law enforcement officer charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Mark Ibrahim of Orange County, Calif., who joined the pro-Trump crowd outside the Capitol while armed with his DEA-issued pistol, faces felony charges of entering a restricted area with a weapon, possession of a firearm on Capitol grounds and lying to investigators.