#IsabellaDeLuca’s other experience included congressional internships w/ Rep #PaulGosar of #Arizona & fmr Rep #LeeZeldin of #NewYork, both #Republicans…. A spox for Zeldin said that DeLuca had briefly been an unpaid volunteer working w/a staff member in the congressman’s #LongIsland district & that neither Zeldin or members of his staff had been aware that she was at the #Jan6 Capitol during the *riot* [#insurrection].

#law #MAGA #HouseRepublicans

Until Mon, #IsabellaDeLuca had been an unpaid volunteer media assoc at the Gold Institute for International Strategy, a research org in Washington, #DC focused on #NationalSecurity issues, its president, Eli M. Gold, said. She was hired for the role last May. The institute was unaware that she had been facing #criminal charges until being contacted by reporters… “Following further internal investigation, we felt it necessary to sever our relationship,” Gold said.

#law #MAGA #Trump

Another rioter appeared to use the table itself to attack law enforcement, the FBI said.

Just before 6PM, #IsabellaDeLuca, acc/to the complaint, “messaged an acquaintance on Instagram, ‘It’s insanity here’ & ‘I got maced & had a sound bomb go off right next to me.’” She continued posting about the attack on #socialmedia over the next several days.

#law #Jan6 #insurrection #MAGA #Trump

…Surveillance footage showed #IsabellaDeLuca entering the Capitol through a broken window, where she & other *rioters* removed a coffee table worth >$600 & passed it to others outside through another broken window, the FBI said. She continued taking photos as other [#insurgents] cont’d stealing furniture, incl’g a lamp & a chair, & passing them to the [#insurrectionists] outside.

“The table legs were broken off at some point…” per the complaint, 1…was used …to attack a #law enforcement officer.

A #conservative #SocialMedia #influencer, #IsabellaDeLuca, was #arrested on misdemeanor charges related to her involvement in #Jan6…, including accusations that she helped to steal a table that the #FBI says was used to #assault officers, acc/to court docs.

DeLuca, 24, of Setauket, NY, was arrested on Friday in Irvine, CA, on several charges, including #theft, #trespassing & #DisorderlyConduct.

#DOJ #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/us/politics/isabella-deluca-jan-6.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Conservative Influencer Is Charged in Jan. 6 Attack

Isabella DeLuca, 24, helped to steal a table that rioters used to assault law enforcement, according to a criminal complaint.

The New York Times

Jan. 6 defendant got 2 congressional internships after she allegedly breached the building

“In the three years since the #Jan6 attack on the Capitol, #IsabellaDeLuca gained a right-wing following and burnished her résumé with two internships in the offices of GOP members of Congress.

On Monday, the political social media influencer was criminally charged for storming the Capitol and helping to force the evacuation of the very chamber from which she would later draw a modest salary”

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/18/jan-6-defendant-got-2-congressional-internships-after-she-allegedly-breached-the-building-00147674