Daniel Penny joins Trump and Vance at Army-Navy game

In the span of six days, subway vigilante Daniel Penny has gone from sweating a future jail cell to hanging out with the president-elect in a luxury suite.The Marine vet received a hero’s welcome Saturday as he joined soon-to-be commander-in-chief Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the annual Army-Navy football game.Penny, who was acquitted Monday by a Manhattan jury in the chokehold death of NYC subway rider Jordan Neely, was Vance’s personal guest to attend the fierce grudge match in the president-elect’s suite at Northwest Stadium in Landover, MD.Others attending the game included Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, Intelligence Director nominee Tulsi Gabbard, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis and billionaire Elon Musk.

Before kickoff, Penny was spotted in the luxury suite talking with Vance, the future veep’s wife “Daniel’s a good guy, and New York’s mob district attorney tried to ruin his life for having a backbone,” Vance wrote on X Friday, also referring to far-left Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.“I’m grateful he accepted my invitation and hope he’s able to have fun and appreciate how much his fellow citizens admire his courage.”Vance invited the 26-year-old Long Islander to the game at the 65,000-seat home of the Washington Commanders while texting Penny’s lead attorney, Thomas Kenniff, to congratulate them on the verdict. “We were all shocked,” Kenniff told The Post Friday.“Danny’s first reaction was that, ‘There are a lot of veterans more deserving than me.’ [Attorney] Steve Raiser and I responded that you don’t say no to the incoming Vice President of the United States.”“Danny looks forward to attending,” Kenniff added.Jurors cleared Penny of criminally negligent homicide – which carries a penalty of up to four years behind bars – following a month-long trial stemming from his May 2023 caught-on-camera fatal encounter with the troubled Neely on an uptown F train...