Joshua Abate

Joshua Abate, an active-duty U.S. Marine assigned to the Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion (a liaison unit to the NSA at Fort Meade), traveled to Washington, D.C. and entered the Capitol with two fellow Marines during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, spending roughly 52 minutes inside the building. While inside, the group placed a red "Make America Great Again" hat on a statue and took photos with it. Abate was not publicly identified until June 2022, when he disclosed his presence at the Capitol during a routine security-clearance interview; he had since been moved into a sensitive NSA intelligence assignment. He pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.