Capitol police officer pleads not guilty to obstruction charges
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Capitol Police officer on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges that he obstructed a probe into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol complex by supporters of then-President Donald Trump by urging a participant to destroy Facebook posts showing him inside, warning that he could be prosecuted.
At a hearing before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, Michael Riley, who served on the Capitol Police force for 25 years, formally entered not guilty pleas to two obstruction charges filed against him last week, according to court records.
A status conference was scheduled on the case for Nov. 29. The court docket notes that if the Nov. 29 hearing "is to be converted to a disposition" then "the parties must email the draft plea paperwork" to a court clerk by Nov. 24.
A lawyer for Riley could not immediately be reached for comment.
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