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BREAKING NEWS: Scuffle on Capitol Hill J6 Cops Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn tell us what happened
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11:01Now PlayingFormer U.S. Capitol Police officers Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn join Jim Acosta to reveal what happened during their tense confrontation with far-right conspiracy theorist Ivan Raiklin at Jack Smith's explosive congressional hearing.Fanone details years of harassment by Raiklin—a self-proclaimed "Secretary of Retribution" who has followed him to his car, sat next to his mother at hearings, placed him on an "enemies of the state" t-shirt, and repeatedly tried to provoke viral confrontations. "I'm tired of this shit. I'm done," Fanone says, explaining why his "better angels" no longer tell him to ignore the intimidation.The officers discuss why they attended the hearing to support Special Counsel Jack Smith, who has endured 185+ personal attacks from Trump—including being called a "deranged animal" during the hearing itself. They describe the proceedings as a "clown show" where Republican members bent themselves into pretzels to bow at Trump's altar while continuing to pedal January 6th lies.Harry Dunn delivers the central truth: "If Trump doesn't tell people to go down to the Capitol, then January 6 doesn't happen. Let's be 100% clear about that." Fanone reveals new details about Trump's role in orchestrating and funding the insurrection, including paying travel expenses for rioters who came to the Ellipse.The conversation addresses why they're done giving Republicans a pass for privately calling Trump "a raving buffoon" and "a danger to this country" while publicly supporting him. As Fanone puts it: "If you're not willing to come out in this moment and say that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, I don't care what you say privately.
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