Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who suffered a heart attack and traumatic brain injury after being violently assaulted Jan. 6, received a threatening, expletive-laced voicemail as he testified Tuesday about the Capitol riot.
“Unfortunately, I’ve come to expect this type of response,” he told CNN’s Don Lemon about the message. “It’s not the first time that people have expressed similar opinions to me. ... There is an element in this country that believes that.”testified Tuesday at the first hearing of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6
. He told the lawmakers on the panel that he was at risk of getting killed with his own firearm by the mob participating in the riot. "I was grabbed, beaten, tased, all while being called a traitor to my country," he said in his opening statement. Rioters dragged him into the crowd, grabbed his badge and ammunition and beat him with the metal objects and their fists, he said.During the hearing, Fanone and other officers asked lawmakers to look into the events leading up to the riot and whether those in power played any role in provoking the attack.
"It's interesting from a law enforcement perspective, as a police officer — a lot of these events happened in plain sight. We had violent political rhetoric," he said.
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