DC man who claims he’s running for federal office charged with distributing child pornography

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Reporter has discovered that a DC man, whose Federal Election Commission forms say that he is running as a candidate to replace DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, has been arrested.

Angel Anthony Rios has been indicted on a federal charge of distributing child porn.

His name was listed with the Federal Election Commission as running for the office.

He has social media posts mentioning he is a candidate for DC’s Shadow Representative opening.

Court documents show someone tipped off DC police over claims they were sent videos of child porn through an X account belonging to Rios.

That X account was removed.

In the court’s criminal complaint, a copy of Angel Rios LinkedIn page is shown, and his picture.

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