Authored by Joseph M. Hanneman via The Epoch Times(emphasis ours),

A federal prosecutor admitted in court papers thatthree D.C. Metropolitan Police Department undercover officers acted as provocateurs at the northwest steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Two members of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Electronic Surveillance Unit approach the northwest side of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Metropolitan Police Department/Screenshot via The Epoch Times)

The admission came in aMarch 24 filingbefore U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras that seeks to keep video footage shot by the officers under court seal.

Prosecutors accused the case defendant—William Pope of Topeka, Kansas—of an “illegitimate” attempt to unmask the video as part of his alleged strategy to try the case in the news media. Pope filed amotionto remove the court sealon Feb. 21.

“The defendant is not entitled to ‘undesignate’ these videos to share…