Mark J. Leffingwell Wiki – Mark J. Leffingwell Bio
Mark J. Leffingwell was also charged Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with entering a restricted building and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. The violent protests Wednesday left five dead, including a U.S. Capitol Police officer who sustained injuries while on duty.
Mark J. Leffingwell Age
Mark J. Leffingwell is 51 years old.
Arrested & Charge
A Seattle man was charged this week with assaulting a federal law enforcement officer during violent protests at the U.S. Capitol.
In documents, Officer Daniel Amendola with the Capitol Police said he encountered Leffingwell while he was attempting to form a barrier to stop more people from getting into the building.
Leffingwell allegedly attempted to push past the officers, and when he was stopped, he repeatedly punched Amendola, documents state. The officer said he was hit in the helmet and the chest.
Amendola, with the help of other officers, detained Leffingwell and brought him to police headquarters for processing.
Leffingwell was released on his personal recognizance to a third-party custodian — his wife — and is required to call into pretrial services on a weekly basis pending trial, according to a message conveyed by a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington. Leffingwell’s attorney said in court that he intended to return to Seattle, and the magistrate judge ordered him to stay away from Washington, D.C., according to reporting by Inner City Press journalist Matthew Russell Lee.
Investigation Report
Leffingwell and his attorney did not respond to requests for comment.
In the criminal complaint filed against Leffingwell, a Capitol Police officer Daniel Amendola stated that while forming a barrier with other officers to block a crowd from entering the Senate wing of the Capitol through a first-floor window, Leffingwell attempted to push past.
“When he was deterred from advancing further into the building, Leffingwell punched me repeatedly with a closed fist. I was struck in the helmet that I was wearing and in the chest,” Amendola stated.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington D.C. confirmed Sunday that Leffingwell is from Seattle, which Leffingwell stated on the record during a proceeding before a magistrate judge on Friday.