Tanya Chutkan: ruling on bid to revisit offshore wind permit in DC, amid GOP/legal challenges; DC-based federal judge, Obama appointee (2014).
The Pentagon has assigned Elias Irizarry, a convicted Jan. 6 participant, to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Officials describe him as a qualified, patriotic professional, while critics question whether the appointment is appropriate given his misdemeanor trespassing conviction from the Capitol riot.