Deceased protester who lit himself on hearth outdoor Trump hush cash trial as soon as labored for Democrat congressman

Maxwell Azzarello, the person who died after environment himself on hearth whilst former President Trump’s hush cash trial was once going down, as soon as labored for the Democrat congressman who flipped Rep. George Santos’s seat blue, in keeping with on-line data. 

Rep. Tom Suozzi recently represents Nassau County and portions of Queens, having taken place of job previous this February. He additionally served as a congressman from 2017 to 2023, earlier than the disgraced Santos in brief took his seat.

Azzarello’s LinkedIn web page states that he in brief labored as an Operations Director for Pals of Tom Suozzi from August 2013 to November 2013. The Florida resident, 37, died on Friday night time because of serious burns after self-immolating inside of Accumulate Pond Park close to the Long island Legal Courthouse. 

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At round 1:30 p.m., Azzarello took more than one pamphlets out of his backpack and threw them within the air, earlier than pouring a flammable liquid on his frame and environment himself on hearth. The pamphlets integrated a web-based hyperlink to his Substack web page and mentioned conspiracy theories.

A New York Town Police Division (NYPD) spokesman informed Fox Information Virtual that Azzarello was once pronounced lifeless at round 10:30 p.m. on Friday, round 9 hours after he self-immolated.

The decedent labored for Suozzi when the candidate was once working for Nassau County Government in 2013. Azzarello’s LinkedIn profile says that he “lead quite a lot of initiatives similar to making ready the candidate for debates, organizing business shoots, making plans logistics for marketing campaign rallies, and finishing passion staff questionnaires.”

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Max Azzarello protests outdoor of the Long island courthouse the place former U.S. President Donald Trump’s hush cash trial is underway on April 18, 2024 in New York Town. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Photographs)

Azzarello’s task duties additionally concerned creating social media content material and drafting press releases, plus updating Suozzi’s occasions calendar. In a remark to the New York Put up, Suozzi showed that he remembered the protester and somberly wanted his circle of relatives the most productive.

“Max Azzarello labored on my marketing campaign for Nassau County Government in 2013 as a part of the sector body of workers,” Suozzi stated.

“Even supposing I haven’t noticed or talked to Max since then I recall him being very sort, good and hardworking. It’s tragic that he has succumbed to his accidents and I’m retaining Max and his circle of relatives in my prayers.”

Then-incumbent Democratic New York Rep. Tom Suozzi debates within the race for governor on the studios of WNBC4-TV June 16, 2022 in New York Town. (Picture by way of Craig Ruttle-Pool/Getty Photographs)

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Fox Information Virtual reached out to Suozzi’s place of job for a remark, however didn’t pay attention again.

Fox Information Virtual’s Louis Casiano and Landon Mion contributed to this record.