DEA agent accused of flashing service weapon and badge while raiding U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 tries — and fails — to use Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ pardon comments to delay trial

Left: Jan. 6 defendant Mark Ibrahim (Department of Justice). Right: Donald Trump (NBC News/YouTube).

Left: Jan. 6 defendant Mark Ibrahim (Department of Justice). Right: Donald Trump (NBC News/YouTube).

A former agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration who allegedly participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack tried using President-elect Donald Trump’s recent comments on NBC’s “Meet the Press” — about his plans to pardon rioters on his “first day” in office — to delay his upcoming trial, but to no avail.

Mark Sami Ibrahim, of Orange County, California, filed a motion to continue his federal case in Washington, D.C., on Sunday after Trump’s interview aired. Ibrahim, a former DEA special agent, is accused of being a Jan. 6 rioter who repeatedly displayed his government-issued firearm and badge while at the Capitol, according to the Department of Justice. He also allegedly asked a friend to take pictures of him during the attack, which were shared in a WhatsApp group chat with at least five other law enforcement officers.

His delay request was shot down by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly, with support from federal prosecutors.

“The Court is not inclined to continue the stipulated trial based on uncertain events that may or may not occur with respect to this specific Defendant,” Kelly, a Trump appointee, wrote in a minute order posted to the federal docket on Monday. Kelly ordered the stipulated trial to begin on its scheduled date: Jan. 23, 2025. In a stipulated trial — an option taken by multiple high-profile accused Jan. 6 rioters — the defendant and prosecutors agree to a set of facts that form the basis of the judge’s ultimate decision.

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