The government's plea memo said that Levi, after had been informed of the incident on Aug. 30, 2010, had created a cover story to justify the guard's action. (Bureau of Prisons policy prohibits staff from bringing personal firearms on to the grounds of any federal prison.)
The plea memo said that after an FDC officer, Captain D.K., told Levi that any action taken with regard to the incident should be investigated by outside authorities, Levi told him it "would look bad" for the FDC.
Levi then told Captain D.K. that the guard had called him earlier that day and had asked permission to bring the gun into the FDC and that he, Levi, had forgotten to tell anyone about it, the plea memo said. (In fact, the guard had put the firearm in a bag after finishing his shift earlier in the day as an off-duty armed security guard and mistakenly left it in the bag when he entered the FDC.)
Prosecutors said the statements by Levi were false and that he subsequently directed Captain D.K. not to notify outside authorities.
At a subsequent meeting involving Captain D.K., a second FDC officer and the prison guard, Levi announced he had authorized the guard to bring the gun into the FDC because he was unable to lock the trunk of his car, the plea memo said.
Levi said he was supposed to inform the lobby officer at FDC about the authorization but had forgotten, and also that the guard had forgotten the conversation he had with Levi about it, the court filing said.
When the guard raised his hand and asked if he could really say what happened, the plea memo said Levi responded: "Are you with me on this?"
