Elias Irizarry was hired into what officials described as a sensitive position within the Department of Defense.

According to the Washington Post, Elias Irizarry's hiring has alarmed Pentagon staff who question how someone convicted of assault at the Capitol attack could be trusted for a sensitive role.

The Trump administration has hired a convicted January 6 Capitol rioter to work in a Pentagon office responsible for some of the military’s most sensitive operations, alarming Defense Department

A young man who pleaded guilty in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and apologized for his “foolish” actions during what he said was “without a doubt one of the most embarrassing days in modern American history” now works at the Pentagon.

A convicted Jan. 6 rioter from SC and who is a Citadel graduate now works in a Pentagon office “that manages highly classified military operations.”

A former Citadel cadet who was suspended from the military college after participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol has reportedly been hired by the Trump administration to work inside a Pentagon office that manages highly classified military operations.

The Trump administration has hired a convicted Jan. 6 Capitol rioter to work inside a Pentagon office that handles some of the military’s most sensitive operations. Elias Irizarry, who was 19 when he broke into the Capitol with a mob of Donald Trump supporters,

The Pentagon has defended its decision to hire a former Jan. 6 riot defendant for a sensitive counterterrorism position, calling him a “qualified, patriotic young professional” after reports surfaced about his new role within the Department of War.