Soldier with 'Hitler mustache' is first to be thrown out of military after Capitol riot charges

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Capitol riot: Soldier with ‘Hitler mustache’ Timothy Hale-Cusanelli first service member thrown out of military in connection with Jan. 6

Soldier with ‘Hitler mustache’ is first to be thrown out of military after Capitol riot charges
Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, whose photo in court records showed him with a squared-off moustache and slicked back hair, is one of at least six service members federally charged in connection with the...
washingtonpost.com
8:48 AM · Oct 20, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/10/20/capitol-riot-timothy-hale-cusanelli/

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Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 31, was working part-time as an Army Reserve sergeant in human resources. In May, he was demoted to private — the enlisted force’s lowest rank — and given an other-than-honorable discharge the next month, terminating a 12-year military career, said his attorney Jonathan Crisp.

Federal authorities have accused Hale-Cusanelli of illegally entering the Capitol, using hand and arm signals to advance rioters forward and harassing police officers.

Crisp called the punitive discharge, which severely limits benefits and resources otherwise available to military veterans, “improper” because, he said, it was delivered while Hale-Cusanelli was incarcerated and because any comments made in the former soldier’s defense could violate his 5th Amendment rights in the federal case. Typically, commanders wait until criminal cases are finished before making discharge decisions, Crisp said.

“This was a knee-jerk reaction to the charges,” the attorney said, adding that he intends to help Hale-Cusanelli fight the Army’s decision and have him reinstated.

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[sop]

1. That "squared-off moustache and slicked back hair" should have tipped them off.

[Celerity]

7. pic

[meadowlander]

8. Yeah, this is the guy you want handling your HR file

[Blue Owl]

2. When they said "Be All You Can Be" the Army wasn't referring to Die Fuhrer

[Casady1]

3. Dishonorable discharge

hopefully.

[zipplewrath]

4. Less than honorable

And it is very likely, in 10 years or so he may be able to get that modified.

[GoodRaisin]

6. No

This article indicates he was discharged administratively which eliminates dishonorable or bad conduct discharge, which are only awarded by court martial. The less than honorable (aka undesirable discharge) is a punitive discharge the command can give without court martial proceedings.

This article makes it pretty clear he got an undesirable discharge (less than honorable).

[gratuitous]

5. A knee jerk reaction, Mr. Crisp?

A knee jerk reaction would have been summary execution for treason. Your client stormed the nation's Capitol and tried to violently overthrow the government. He failed.

[struggle4progress]

9. Well-known Nazi sympathizer

By Marshall Cohen
Updated 6:40 PM ET, Mon March 15, 2021

... The Naval Criminal Investigation Service interviewed 44 of his colleagues and 34 of them said he held "extremist or radical views pertaining to the Jewish people, minorities and women" ...

Colleagues told Navy investigators that Hale-Cusanelli made near-daily comments against Jews, advocated for killing newborn babies with disabilities and had "issues with women," according to court filings. Prosecutors said they found racist memes on his phone, including one with the n-word, one that compared Black people to animals, and one insulting George Floyd ...

One of Hale-Cusanelli's supervisors told investigators that he would walk up to new colleagues and ask, "You're not Jewish, are you?" A petty officer claimed they heard him say, "Jews, women, and Blacks were on the bottom of the totem pole." Another contractor at the base said Hale-Cusanelli told them that Jewish people "are ruining everything and did not belong here," according to the filing ...

Another naval officer recalled that Hale-Cusanelli said, "Hitler should have finished the job" ...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/14/politics/timothy-hale-cusanelli-nazi-sympathizer-capitol-insurrection/index.html

[Initech]

10. I'm shocked there were Nazis involved! Shocked, I tell you!