Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 rioter for sensitive counterterrorism job
Donald Trump,January 6,Pentagon,Riots,Capitol Hill
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The Trump administration's appointment of Elias Irizarry, who was 19 at the time of the Capitol attack, has alarmed some in the Defense Department.
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