"Go f*ck yourself": Jack Smith hearing rocked by angry altercation

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"Go f*ck yourself": Jack Smith hearing rocked by angry altercation

Andrew Solender

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/22/jack-smith-hearing-fanone-raiklin-jan-6-fight

A House hearing with former Trump special counsel Jack Smith was disrupted Thursday when a former police officer who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 confronted a vocal 2020 election conspiracy theorist.

Why it matters: Such heated altercations are becoming more and more common in congressional hearings, though rarely to this degree of animus and near physicality.

* Former D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone repeatedly told far-right operative Ivan Raiklin "go f*ck yourself" at the hearing, where the two were both in attendance as audience members.

* "You're a traitor to this f*cking country," Fanone also told Raiklin, getting close enough that two of his former law enforcement colleagues had to restrain him.

Video:

Here’s a clearer video of the interaction between Raiklin and Fanone. Stay til the end when members applaud Fanone and ask that Raiklin be reined in.

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-01-22T21:39:36.078Z

[leftstreet]

1. LOL

[Cha]

2. Mahalo, apple... Michael Fanone is

a Patriotic Hero for America.. Going Against an Ugly Nazi Asshole.

[KT2000]

3. Thank you Michael Fanone

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Nehls is my congresscritter and is an asshole

My congresscritter is not running for re-election because he is under ethics investigation for using campaign money to pay rent on one of his properties. The asshole did not announce his retirement until the last minute so that his twin brother could run to replace him.

At yesterday's hearing, Nehls was a major league asshole and Fanone told him where to go

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Former officer Michael Fanone interrupts Rep. Troy Nehls' attempt to shift blame for January 6th away from Trump, highlighting accountability in congressional hearings.

— White House Watchdog (@whitehousewatchdog.bsky.social) 2026-01-23T01:22:06.290Z