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(CNN) The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack at the Capitol held its first hearing on Tuesday with harrowing testimony from four officers who shared their stories of being attacked by the rioters.
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The three-hour hearing was the opening act for the committee that’s preparing to investigate all of the circumstances surrounding the January 6 insurrection, including the role played by former President Donald Trump. But the first hearing was focused squarely on the violence officers faced at the hands of a mob of Trump supporters.
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U.S. Capitol Police officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell becomes emotional as he testifies before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27 at the Canon House Office Building in Washington
By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Four police officers who defended the US Capitol on January 6 made clear Tuesday they are still dealing with physical and mental trauma from the attack, at times becoming visibly emotional while describing those lingering wounds during a hearing before the House select committee investigating the events of that day.
The four officers testifying DC Metropolitan Police Officers Daniel Hodges and Michael Fanone, plus Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Sgt. Aquilino Gonell have shared their stories publicly before, which include accounts of being beaten with a flagpole, being the target of racist slurs, being crushed in a door and being tased by the rioters.
By Bill Galluccio
Jul 27, 2021
The House select committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 got underway on Tuesday (July 27). The first hearing will include the testimony of four police officers who helped defend the Capitol Building when a mob of Trump supporters protesting the results of the presidential election stormed inside.
The four officers include D.C. Metropolitan Police Officers
Daniel Hodges and
Harry Dunn and Sgt.
Rep.
Bennie Thompson, who is chairing the committee, began the hearing with an opening statement, saying that a peaceful transfer of power didn t happen this year and suggested that the rioters came dangerously close to succeeding.
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