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Responding to an investigation by the Cap Times and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a key Congressional leader says she will hold hearings this summer to address the chronic problem of sexual assault in the National Guard.
“I am very troubled by the fact that we don’t have any oversight of the National Guard when U.S. taxpayer money is being spent, and we have women in the National Guard who are being physically, sexually abused,” said U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, a California Democrat and chair of the personnel subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee.
Meanwhile, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, said in an interview this week she will push for a variety of initiatives, including expanding military whistleblower protections for Guard members and boosting funding for federal investigations of state Guard sexual assault cases. She also called on Wisconsin lawmakers to update the state’s military laws.
By COREY DICKSTEIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 13, 2021 An active-duty Marine Corps major was arrested Thursday in Virginia on charges including assaulting a police officer and obstructing justice for his role in the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters, according to the Department of Justice. Federal charging documents state Maj. Christopher Warnagiris, 40, of Woodbridge, Va., pushed his way through a line of police officers to enter the Capitol building during the violent attack that occurred as lawmakers gathered to officially certify President Joe Biden’s election victory. The documents state Warnagiris was captured on security footage pushing into the East Rotunda doors and pulling others into the building from behind him.
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Wisconsin National Guard Member, Associate, Charged in Relation to US Capitol Breach
A soldier of the Wisconsin National Guard and his friend were taken into custody for allegedly taking part in the U.S. Capitol breach earlier this year, federal officials said.
Abram Markofski was arrested on Monday and is facing four charges in relation to the protests, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
Markofski allegedly traveled by vehicle from Madison, Wisconsin to D.C. together with his associate, Brandon Nelson, to attend the protest of then-President Donald Trump against the certification of the 2020 presidential election, a statement of facts (pdf) reads.