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Pentagon hires convicted January 6 rioter for national security job
Key takeaways
- Elias Irizarry, pictured during the January 6 riot, has been hired at the Pentagon.
- A man convicted of a misdemeanour trespassing charge in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot has been appointed to a role at the Pentagon.
- Elias Irizarry has been assigned to the Pentagon's office of the undersecretary of defence for policy, which is tasked with providing national security advice and support on military strategy.
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Elias Irizarry, pictured during the January 6 riot, has been hired at the Pentagon. (Supplied: US District Court for the District of Columbia)
A man convicted of a misdemeanour trespassing charge in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot has been appointed to a role at the Pentagon.
Elias Irizarry has been assigned to the Pentagon's office of the undersecretary of defence for policy, which is tasked with providing national security advice and support on military strategy.
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