As one rioter tried to pull his gun from its holster, Fanone could hear him saying he planned to take it and kill him. He says he heard a rioter say 'kill him with his own gun' and that he was beaten unconscious. Doctors told him he had a heart attack
WASHINGTON -Four police officers delivered wrenching testimony on Tuesday on their struggle to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 against a mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters, describing to lawmakers how they were beaten, taunted with racial insults from rioters and faced threats like "kill him with his own gun."
The nine-member panel was formed after Senate Republicans blocked the creation of an independent commission to investigate the attack. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, named the committee's members. Fanone appeared on Tuesday alongside his Washington police colleague Daniel Hodges and Capitol police officers Aquilino Gonell and Harry Dunn.Gonell described being pummeled by rioters fired up by Trump's false claims that the election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud.
Hodges recalled how rioters screamed at him: "You're on the wrong team!" and "You will die on your knees!" Hodges referred to the mob as "terrorists" multiple times.
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