Overview

• Mavalwalla, a former Army sergeant with a top-secret clearance, was charged with conspiracy to impede or injure officers after a June 11 protest in Spokane.
• Cellphone video shows FBI agents arresting him at his home at around 6 a.m. a month after the demonstration.
• He pleaded not guilty and has no criminal record, with the indictment alleging he and others blocked a facility driveway and pushed against officers.
• Career prosecutor Richard Barker resigned two days before the indictment and later wrote that he was glad he never signed an indictment he did not believe in.
• Barker was replaced by acting U.S. attorney Pete Serrano, a Trump appointee with no prosecutorial experience who has described Jan. 6 defendants as political prisoners.