Zincwarrior
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in the Defense Department. We have gone truly mad. Here he is climbing through a window, probably searching for Pence.
Video shows Pentagon counterterrorism hire clambering into Capitol on Jan. 6
Elias Irizarry was filmed moving through restricted grounds and climbing through a broken window, according to a Washington Post analysis.A recent appointee to a sensitive counterterrorism job in the Defense Department was filmed for more than five minutes during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot as he moved through restricted grounds and climbed through a broken window, holding a metal pole, to enter the U.S. Capitol, according to a Washington Post analysis.
The Post reported Tuesday that Elias Irizarry, who was 19 at the time of the attack, was hired to a post in the Pentagon’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict office. The team’s portfolio includes operations such as embassy security, personnel recovery and hostage rescue.
Irizarry pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor trespass charge in 2022 and was later pardoned by President Donald Trump along with many others who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The Post confirmed Irizarry’s presence in five videos by matching them with screenshots or photographs in court filings or with events described in those filings. In two other videos, clothing worn by Irizarry and his companions, and their presence together, made the identification possible. The videos were obtained from social media, a related court case and other sources.
Irizarry did not respond to messages seeking comment.
In a statement, acting Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez said that Irizarry “is a qualified, patriotic young professional, and we are proud to have him as a political appointee.”
Irizarry drove from South Carolina to Northern Virginia with two travel companions — Elliot Bishai and Grayson Sherrill — on Jan. 5, 2021, to attend the “Stop the Steal” rally the next day, according to the prosecution’s sentencing memo. Irizarry was a freshman at The Citadel, a public military college in Charleston. Irizarry and his friends listened to Trump’s speech but headed to the Capitol before the speech ended, according to the memo.
