FAA Employee Pleads Guilty To Role in Capitol Riot

FAA employee Kevin Strong has pled guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, according to the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (DOT-OIG).

An investigation by the DOT-OIG and the Federal Bureau of Investigation showed that Strong was present in the Capitol without authorization. Surveillance video from the Capitol Police showed Strong in the Capitol rotunda, in hallways near House of Representatives offices, in the statuary hall connector, and exiting through the Senate wing doors.

According to DOT-OIG, Strong "paraded, demonstrated, or picketed" inside the Capitol without permission or after passing through security checkpoints. Strong, who worked for the FAA in San Bernardino, California, was charged and arrested on January 21 last year.

His LinkedIn page still lists him as being an FAA airway transportation system specialist (ATSS) in Los Angeles. According to the FAA, its team of 4,000 ATSS employees "installs, operates, maintains, and repairs more than 74,000 pieces of radar, communications, navigational aids, airport lighting, backup power, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment."