2 Seattle Police Officers fired after investigation alleges that they trespassed at the US Capitol on January 6

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• Two Seattle PD officials were fired after they were accused of trespassing in the Capitol on January 6.
• The news comes after a six-month internal investigation by the Seattle Police Department.
• Three other officers were acquitted of wrongdoing and an investigation into another was inconclusive.
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Two Seattle police officers were released on Friday after an internal investigation found them to be safe during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan.

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The news was posted on the Seattle Police Department’s Blotter website by the Seattle Police Department chief Adrian Diaz. The Seattle Police Department announced at former President Donald Trump’s rally on Jan.

“Today I waived my final disciplinary sentence on two officers who were in Washington, DC on January 6th. Based on the evidence presented to me and what the officers themselves said, I ended their employment with Seattle.” Police Department, effective immediately, “Diaz wrote.

The two officers were identified as the couple, Alexander Everett and Caitlin Rochelle Everett, and Diaz said in the report that officials reported the couple was at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

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“The two officers were found to have crossed the external barriers set up by the Capitol Police and were right next to the Capitol building.

Investigators said Alexander Everett and Caitlin Rochelle Everett said officers lied to investigators about their whereabouts, and Diaz said that “it is more than absurd to claim that they did not know they were in an area where they shouldn’t be, in the midst of what has been a violent criminal riot. “

Diaz also apologized to the police authorities who responded to rioters on January 6 and were overrun by them.

According to the summary of the investigation, senior investigators with the Seattle Office of Police Accountability traveled to Washington, DC and spoke to numerous people who may have interacted with the Everetts and other officials, including waiters, hotel workers, and officials in the U.S. Capitol Police as well as the DC Metropolitan Police department.

The investigators also checked photo and video material and coordinated with federal investigators.

Three other officers were acquitted of all allegations of unprofessional or illegal conduct, and the investigation into a fourth officer was deemed inconclusive.

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