A Navy sailor charged with storming the U.S. Capitol was stationed on an aircraft carrier in Virginia when he joined a mob’s attack on the building, according to a court filing Monday.
The FBI arrested David Elizalde on Sunday in Arlington, Virginia, on misdemeanor charges, including disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, according to a court filing.
Four more Oath Keepers, including Army vet, convicted in Jan. 6 riot
Elizalde told the FBI that he was stationed on the USS Harry S. Truman when he drove alone from Norfolk, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., to attend the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021. Then-President Donald Trump addressed a crowd of supporters before the mob attacked the Capitol, disrupting the congressional certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Videos show a man matching Elizalde’s description holding a flag when he entered the Capitol through the Senate wing doors and leaving the building about three minutes later through the same doors. Elizalde said he heeded a police officer’s command to leave the building but lingered outside “to observe the scene for a little while because he knew something historic was happening,” the FBI said.
Elizalde, an aviation structural mechanic, was an active-duty sailor on the day of the Capitol riot, according to a Navy Office of Information spokesperson. The Texas resident enlisted in June 2007, and also has served on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, according to Navy records.
Federal agents interviewed Elizalde at a Naval Criminal Investigative Service office on Naval Station Rota, in Rota, Spain, in December 2021. He had reported for duty in Spain on Jan. 22, 2021, the Navy records say.
The complaint against Elizalde was filed under seal in February and made public on Monday.
Online court records didn’t immediately name a lawyer representing Elizalde.
Approximately 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot. Many of them are military veterans, but only a few were on active duty at the time of the Capitol attack.
A Marine Corps officer was the first active-duty service member to be charged in the riot. Maj. Christopher Warnagiris, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was arrested in May 2021 and charged with assaulting an officer at the Capitol. Three other active-duty Marines were charged in January with participating in the riot.
A “Rally for Trump” at a park outside the courthouse where the former president was scheduled to be arraigned, brought out supporters, protesters and onlookers ahead of his court appearance. Donald Trump is the first president or former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges. (April 4) (AP video: Angie Wang/Production: Vanessa A. Alvarez)
Supporters and foes of former President Donald Trump faced off in a park in lower Manhattan near the courthouse where Trump was arraigned Tuesday afternoon on criminal charges. A small but boisterous group from both ends of the Trump spectrum filed into Collect Pond Park hours before the 76-year-old Trump showed up at New York Criminal Court to surrender to authorities and remained vocal outside the courthouse through his nearly hourlong court appearance. Backers of the nation's 45th president held signs reading "Trump or Death," while adversaries countered with signs saying "Lock him up" and "IndicAted" — a reference to how Trump misspelled indicted in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” with its vistas of primary colors, is here to brighten our dreary springs, T.S. Eliot be damned. The last time Mario hit the big screen was in the little-remembered 1993 live-action film with Bob Hoskins as Mario, John Leguizamo as Luigi and Dennis Hopper(!) as Bowser. With Sonic the Hedgehog already two movies in, Mario is playing catch up.
Trump rails against DA Bragg, Chicago gets new mayor after booting Lightfoot and more top headlines.
Reps. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis face expulsion for leading protests in the wake of Nashville shooting.
Celtics star Jaylen Brown recently sat down with Stadium's Shams Charania for an interview that discussed several topics, including how he and teammate Jayson Tatum have achieved so much success together.
House Republicans are ratcheting up their focus on toughening work requirements for several government assistance programs as a potential condition of raising the debt ceiling. While the conference is still working out the details, some Republicans have set their sights on programs like SNAP, often referred to as the food stamps program, and Medicaid for…
The Attorney General's Office found the state Board of Education approved new rules last month without the proper authority to do so.
The St. Louis native is now firmly in that elite strata of the league — but where would you slot him in that range?
“Students should consider New College in Sarasota quickly being touted as the Hillsdale College of the southeast.” — John Stemberger, president of Florida Family Policy Council
A person was hospitalized Tuesday after officials said they accidentally shot themselves in a parking lot of Daytona State College.
Jayson Tatum apparently has earned the respect of Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss, who gifted the Celtics star with a No. 84 Vikings jersey that included a handwritten note.
Donald Trump splashed the front pages of newspapers across the world following his bombshell court appearance in New York City.
Joe Burrow may not have a Super Bowl ring yet, but he did just secure a different elusive prize. The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback was recently named best Cincinnatian in CityBeat’s 2023 Best of Cincinnati awards. After five years at the top spot, it took Bengals quarterback (Joe Burrow) to finally dethrone Fiona the hippo as the #1 Cincinnatian!
The results of a DNA test are in for Julia Faustyna, a Polish woman claiming on social media to be Madeleine McCann, a British girl who went missing in Portugal.
As events unfolded during former President Trump's arraignment Tuesday, viewers started buzzing about a blonde New York State Courts officer.
Metropolitan Nashville Police DepartmentAuthorities revealed Monday that Nashville mass killer Audrey Hale fired off 152 rounds during the assault at the Covenant School that left six dead and sent a church community into mourning. The shocking detail emerged in the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s latest update on their investigation, which also revealed that Hale plotted the massacre for months in writings found inside his car and home.“[Hale] documented, in journals, [their] plannin
The first photo of former President Donald Trump inside a Manhattan courthouse was released Tuesday. Trump, who is now the first president to be indicted on criminal charges, was seen in the photo between his attorneys Susan Necheles and Joseph Tacopina. Trump appeared in court and remained silent as he entered the room.
Fred Trump was arrested after a 1,100-man brawl involving Ku Klux Klan members, The New York Times reported in 1927.
Stormy Daniels gloated over former President Donald Trump's arraignment in a New York City court with an X-rated tweet that included sexual references.