Ari Melber reports on "The Beat" how President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 – with the White House saying he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news.

President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as a "bystander," the White House said.

E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, has raised questions from economists and policymakers across the political spectrum for his views, experience and misunderstanding of economic data.