MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart was forced to hold back tears and pull out a tissue during a segment on his show commemorating the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Capehart was interviewing Michael Fanone, a former Capitol Police officer who wrote a book about the Capitol looting, when he became visibly emotional.
“Michael Fanone, I'm going to try to get through this — well, thank you for what you did for me three years ago today,” Capehart said, his voice breaking. Ta.
“Please tell us your thoughts on the third anniversary.”
Mr. Fanone was one of the officers at the Capitol that day, but ultimately resigned after the riot. He famously testified before the now-defunct House of Representatives Select Committee on January 6th.
The former police officer had been shot with a taping gun, beaten, suffered a traumatic brain injury and suffered a heart attack as a result of the Capitol attack.
Back in February of last year, a California man pleaded not guilty to assaulting himself during a riot.
“I think it's an all-out effort to make sure Donald Trump doesn't become president in 2024,” Fanone told MSNBC. “We all know how it goes and he told us as much.”
Fanone previously said President Biden used his bully pulpit to deliver a “fierce speech” about the events at the Capitol on January 6th and the concurrent efforts to disrupt the 2020 election. I praised that.
Biden commemorated the anniversary of the insurrection on January 5 near Valley Forge, a key Revolutionary War site, with an impassioned speech warning of continued threats to American democracy.
His remarks came as the lawsuit against the participants continues to unfold and advance.
Last Friday, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled that individuals who were illegally present at the Capitol during the riot could be convicted even if they were peacefully observing the riot. did.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department continues to prosecute perpetrators of the riot. Well over 1,200 people were indicted, at least 718 people pleaded guilty, and about 140 people were sentenced for their actions on that fateful day.
Additionally, a lawsuit is pending over whether former President Donald Trump can be allowed to attend primary voting in key states over his actions related to January 6, 2021.
The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to accept Trump's challenge to his disqualification from voting in the Colorado primary. For the time being, he will be allowed to remain on the ballot amid the challenge.
Lawyers for the 2024 Republican front-runner also filed a formal appeal of Maine Secretary of State Shena Bellows (D)'s Dec. 28 decision to remove her from the state's March 5 primary ballot.
