President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Bureau of Labor Statistics was merely a bystander outside the Capitol during the protest of Jan. 6, 2021, according to the White House.

E.J. Antoni, a Heritage Foundation economist recently nominated by Trump after the previous BLS head was dismissed, appears in multiple social media videos in the Capitol crowd.

According to a statement issued by a White House official Wednesday, Antoni was present in Washington on Jan. 6 for scheduled in-person meetings with his former employer at an office located several blocks from the Capitol. The available footage confirms that Antoni did not cross any barricades or engage in demonstrations.

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