The Department of Justice plans to offer a plea deal to a Trump appointee who was charged in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, prosecutors said Monday. “We expect to extend a plea offer to Mr. Klein. It’s not clear whether that’s something he’s interested in but we do expect to extend it to allow him to consider it,” a prosecutor told the court in a remote hearing. Federico Klein, appointed by President Donald Trump to a position in the State Department, is accused of assaulting law enforcement officers during the tumult in Washington in early January. Stanley Woodward Jr., a lawyer for the defendant, did not indicate in the hearing whether Klein is open to accepting a plea deal. Woodward did not immediately respond to an email. The status hearing was brief and primarily involved updating District Court Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, on minor matters. …