Exhibit
23.1
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM’S CONSENT
We
consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of Two Harbors
Investment Corp. on Form S-11 of our report, which includes an explanatory
paragraph as to Capitol Acquisition Corp.’s (a development stage company)
ability to continue as a going concern, dated March 13, 2009, with respect
to our audits of the financial statements of Capitol Acquisition Corp. (a
development stage company) as of December 31, 2008 and for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and for the period from June 26, 2007 (inception)
through December 31, 2007, which report appears in the Prospectus, which is
part of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our
firm under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.
We were
dismissed as auditors on October 30, 2009 and, accordingly, we have not
performed any audit or review procedures with respect to any financial
statements appearing in such Prospectus for the periods after the date of our
dismissal.
/s/
Marcum LLP
Marcum
LLP
Melville,
New York
March 17,
2010