Citadel cadet charged in Jan. 6 riot still wants to visit secret NATO installation

[TexasTowelie]

COLUMBIA, SC -- A Citadel cadet from York County accused of participating in the Jan. 6 capitol riots in Washington D.C. is appealing a judge’s ruling forbidding him to go to Europe this summer on a study abroad trip that includes visiting a sensitive NATO cybersecurity site near the Russian border.

At a May 3 hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a request from Elias Irizarry, 20, to go to Estonia on a three-week school sponsored summer trip from July 11 to July 30 while free on federal bail.

Ordinarily, defendants free on bond in criminal cases must surrender their passports and must get permission from a judge to leave the country.

Irizarry’s lawyer filed a notice of appeal of the judge’s denial to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Thursday.

Irizarry, 20, a Trump supporter who was carrying a metal pipe and wearing a MAGA hat during the riot, according to photos from the day of the riot, was arrested in March 2021 and has been free on bond since then.

Read more at: https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article261410912.html

[OverBurn]

1. How the hell is he still in the Citadel? Boot his ass.

[Ligyron]

2. Yeah, And transport him to a top-secret black site for a lengthy visit.

[blueinredohio]

3. That was going to be my question. WTF?

[TexasTowelie]

5. See below. nt

[TexasTowelie]

4. He is the son of veteran soap opera actor Vincent Irizarry

who is also a big Trump supporter so he has resources available to him that his co-defendants didn't.

[bottomofthehill]

6. How is he still there, HA

The Citadel has been educating insurrectionists, slave catchers, confederate officers and soldiers since the 1840’s. They will probably pin a medal on the guy and put him in charge of the cadets future assault on democracy and American culture Masters Program.