Active duty Marine arrested for assault on Capitol

Major Christopher Warnagiris was charged with breaking into the Capitol, keeping the door open for others to enter and push a policeman who was trying to close it

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An active duty United States Navy officer was arrested in Virginia on Thursday and is charged with using violence against police during the January 6 invasion of United States Capitol for a crowd of supporters of the then president Donald Trump .

The oldest Christopher Warnagiris , is the first active duty member of the United States armed forces to is charged in connection with the riots, for breaking through a police line that protects the Capitol and make your way through a door in the east of the Rotunda of the Capitol , reported CNBC .

The largest C hristopher Warnagiris, from 40 years old, resident in Woodbridge, Virginia and stationed at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, was charged with the federal crimes of assault, resistance or obstruction of officials, as well as obstructing the application of the law during civil unrest and obstruction of justice, among other charges, according to a statement.

Warnagiris “violently entered the Capitol on January 6 after crossing a row of police officers who guarded the doors of the East Rotunda ”, detailed the note on what happened that day, when followers of the former president Donald Trump broke in while a joint session of Congress was taking place to certify the victory of the current president Joe Biden in the elections of last November.

The soldier of the Marine Infantry, added the official version, which cites judicial documents and recordings of the cameras of security, used his body to keep the door open and facilitate the entry of other people.

In addition, he prevented a police officer from the Capitolio will close the entrance and was caught when he was pushing the uniformed man.

The marine, who was arrested in Virginia, without specifying the place, is being processed by the District of Columbia Prosecutor’s Office and the Counter-Terrorism Section of the Justice Department’s Division of Homeland Security.

This Thursday he was scheduled to appear in court in the eastern district of Virginia. .

The Department of Justice revealed that among the more than Defendants with pending trials for riots in the Capitol , includes at least four other military service members: two Army Reserve soldiers and two members of the National Guard in different states. More than three dozen military veterans have also been arrested in such cases.

With information from EFE