Citadel cadet charged in Jan. 6 riot still wants to visit secret NATO installation
COLUMBIA, SC -- A Citadel cadet from York County accused of participating in the Jan. 6 capitol riots in Washington D.C. is appealing a judge’s ruling forbidding him to go to Europe this summer on a study abroad trip that includes visiting a sensitive NATO cybersecurity site near the Russian border.
At a May 3 hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a request from Elias Irizarry, 20, to go to Estonia on a three-week school sponsored summer trip from July 11 to July 30 while free on federal bail.
Ordinarily, defendants free on bond in criminal cases must surrender their passports and must get permission from a judge to leave the country.
Irizarry’s lawyer filed a notice of appeal of the judge’s denial to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Thursday.
Irizarry, 20, a Trump supporter who was carrying a metal pipe and wearing a MAGA hat during the riot, according to photos from the day of the riot, was arrested in March 2021 and has been free on bond since then.
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