Capitol riot police officer: ‘I was at risk of being killed with my own firearm’ – video

Metropolitan police department officer Michael Fanone told the select committee investigating the 6 January insurrection at the Capitol how pro-Trump insurrectionists attacked him. 'I was grabbed, beaten, tased, all while being called a traitor to my country. I was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm, as I heard chants of "kill him with his own gun",' Fanone said.

He went on to say that a fellow officer later took him to a nearby hospital, where he was told he had suffered a mild heart attack.

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Pelosi will ask anti-Trump Republican Kinzinger to join 6 January panel

The speaker of the US House, Nancy Pelosi, intends to appoint a second anti-Trump Republican to the select committee which will investigate the deadly 6 January assault on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.

Related: Can Pelosi’s power play on Capitol attack panel thwart wrecking tactics?

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Trump supporter sentenced to eight months in prison for role in Capitol riot

  • Paul Hodgkins pleaded guilty to obstructing official proceeding
  • Sentence likely to set benchmark for later cases

A Florida man was sentenced on Monday to eight months in prison for his role in the 6 January insurrection in Washington, a punishment likely to set a benchmark for later cases.

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Capitol attack: what Pelosi’s select committee is likely to investigate

The body created by the speaker will have a broad mandate to examine the facts, circumstances and causes of the Capitol attack

Nancy Pelosi’s creation of a House select committee to investigate the 6 January insurrection reopens the possibility of a comprehensive inquiry into myriad security failures and the causes of the deadly attack on Congress by a pro-Trump mob.

Related: Nancy Pelosi signals hard line on formation of 6 January select committee

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New Michael Wolff book reports Trump’s confusion during Capitol attack

Mark Meadows reportedly said ‘We can’t organize that’ after Trump told supporters he’d march, according to Landslide

Donald Trump told supporters he would march on the Capitol with them on 6 January – then abandoned them after a tense exchange with his chief of staff, according to the first excerpt from Landslide, Michael Wolff’s third Trump White House exposé.

Related: Top US general got into shouting match with Trump over race protests – report

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