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An active-duty Marine has been charged with assaulting a U.S. Capitol Police officer in the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday.
Maj. Christopher Warnagiris of the U.S. Marine Corps, 40, was arrested in Virginia on Thursday after being charged with a number of federal crimes, including “assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers” and obstructing law enforcement, according to charging documents. He’s the first known active-duty military member to have been charged with a crime in connection with the insurrection.
According to Maj. J. A. Hernandez, a spokesperson for the Marines, Warnagiris has served since 2002 and earned numerous awards. He was deployed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, according to Hernandez.
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