Banning Gym Jordan Saved the House Investigation Into Jan. 6
On Tuesday, the House Select Committee investigating the insurrection of Jan. 6 held its first hearing. Four police officers who came under assault that day acted as opening witnesses, delivering testimony so powerful that even Republican opponents of the committee had to admit it was “compelling and gut-wrenching.”
The committee heard extraordinary details of what it was like for the Capitol Police and D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers on the front lines of that assault, accompanied by first-person camera footage for the near-murderous violence these officers endured. As D.C. Metro police officer Michael Fanone described in his extraordinary opening statement, he was overwhelmed by the Jan. 6 rioters, and repeatedly electrocuted with tasers. He believed he might be killed with his own gun after hearing chants of “kill him with his own gun.” He described begging for his life before suffering a heart attack and losing consciousness:
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The committee also heard from Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, testifying about his own near-death experience:
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It heard from D.C. Metro police officer Daniel Hodges, who described being crushed by “terrorists” while trying to hold an entryway to the Capitol on Jan. 6:
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