Active duty Marine arrested for allegedly pushing officer during Capitol riot
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An active duty U.S. Marine Corps officer has been arrested for his alleged actions during the January 6 Capitol riot. Christopher Warnagiris is accused of violently entered the Capitol building and pushing a police officer in order to hold open a door for other rioters.
Warnagiris, a 40-year-old Marine Major who was stationed at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, was arrested Thursday and is the first known active duty service member charged in the riot investigation. Warnagiris faces federal charges that include assaulting, resisting or impeding officers and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.