U.S. Marine Maj. Christopher Warnagiris (R), interacts with a French Navy officer during the embarkation of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the French amphibious assault ship LHD Tonnerre (L9014).
Photo: Sgt. Jessica Lucio | DVIDS
An active-duty U.S. Marine officer was arrested Thursday and charged with using violence against police during the invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 by a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump.
Major Christopher Warnagiris, 40, is accused of pushing his way past a line of police protecting the Capitol and forcing his way through a doorway in the East Rotunda of the Capitol.
Warnagiris, a Woodbridge, Virginia, resident who is stationed at Marine Corp Base Quantico, is charged in federal court with assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers.
He will make his initial court appearance Thursday afternoon in U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Virginia.
Court documents say that after Warnagiris violently entered the Capitol he positioned himself in the corner of the doorway and used his body to prop the door open and pull other rioters inside.
Video surveillance footage shows Warnagiris pushing a cop who tried to shut the door.
The Pentagon had no immediate comment on the arrest, which occurred Thursday morning in Virginia.
In 2017, Warnagiris acted as operations officers for a landing force of U.S. Marines and Navy sailors who were placed on the French Navy amphibious assault ship LHD Tonnere during a two-month deploying in the U.S. 5th fleet area of operations, according to a news article on the Marines website.
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– CNBC’s Amanda Macias contributed to this report.
