Daniel Penny is hired by Venture Capital firm, whose founder has supported Trump

Daniel Penny, a marine veteran acquitted on charges of criminally negligent murder in Manhattan in December, has been hired by one of the most prestigious venture capital firms of Silicon Valley to join his “American Dynamism” team.

Mr. Penny, a long island native and former architecture student, according to the company’s website, will work in a group supporting American interests including aerospace, defense and manufacturing sectors.

Mr. Penny was murdered by the office of Manhattan District Attorney in 2023 by the office of Manhattan District Attorney and criminally murdered criminally, as another passenger was broadcast online by another passenger, Jordan Nelli on the metro after one of his videos.

“We believe in Daniel and are excited to keep them as part of our team,” a firm’s partner David Ulevich on Tuesday wrote the employees in a memorandum, which was relayed from the New York Times.

Mr. Ulevich said in the memorandum that the firm plans to teach Mr. Penny “investment business” and will support several portfolio companies of the firm. Andresen Horovitz’s website, Mr. Penny Is listed As a “deal partner”.

Margit Venmachers, a spokesman of the firm, did not respond to the request of the comment immediately. During the trial, Mr. Penny’s lawyer Thomas Kinif said he and his partner, Steven racer, were “very happy” about the news.

“The unjust prosecution not only threatened his freedom, but also the risk of a decent and talented youth being deprived of society,” Mr. Kenif said on Tuesday. “And we know that he is going to do great work to enter this next chapter of his life.”

Firm’s co-founder Mark Andresen strongly supported President Trump in the last presidential election, saying that the Biden administration was an obstacle in matters related to Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence.

But saying “Honestly turn with weis“Podcast in December, he said that he had spent almost half of his time in Mar-e-Lago since the election day, helping President Trump’s team. Many members of his firm have been part of the administration’s class.

Mr. Penny was recruited First reported By free press, Ms. Weiss is a founder.

Mr. Penny’s Manslator case divided New Yorker, as well as the nation.

He was in an uptown F train on the afternoon of May 1, when Mr. Nelli, who had been struggling with his mental health for years, rode on the car, approached the passengers and shouted about the desire to return to jail and If he lived or did not care or dead. Mr. Penny approached Mr. Neli from behind and put him in a Chokheold, took him to the floor.

Mr. Penny told the officials that he had worked to protect others in the train as he believed that Mr. Nelli had posed a threat and was ready to kill someone.

A four -minute video that was recorded by a biosander, quickly spread online, shown to men struggling on the floor of the metro train.

Some people saw the conflict as a symbol of a broken system that allows weak people to slip through the crack. Mr. Nelli was in a list of people in the city of New York, who stood out for their resistance to accept the severity and help of their mental health problems. Mr. Nelli was also arrested more than three dozen times-most of the minor crimes such as turnstile-jumping or trespasses, but at least four times on charges of punching people, in two metro systems.

For others, what happened on the afternoon of May was the latest in a wire of high-profile crimes in the city’s metro system, many of which included homeless and mentally ill people. He said that the episodes were the result of the city’s disability to keep the residents safe.

The case quickly became a head on Fox News, and Mr. Penny was praised as a hero by some conservatives.

In December, the gamblers faced Mr. Penny on the most serious charge, murder, and this charge was dismissed by the judge. The gamblers then criminally considered the murder, and eventually acquitted him.

After the verdict, Vice President JD Vance, Donald Trump Junior and former Mayor Rudolf W. Republican figures including Giuliani praised the jury and criticized the District Attorney Alvin Brag to pursue the case.

“God justice was done in this case,” Mr. Vance Said on social media at that time“It was a scam, Penny was prosecuted first.”