“Some of the terminology that was used, like ‘hugs and kisses’ and ‘very fine people,’ is very different from what I experienced and what my co-workers experienced on the 6th,” Fanone added.
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Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham last month that the rioters who stormed the Capitol posed “zero threat” and claimed that some were “hugging and kissing the police and the guards.”
Lemon on Tuesday asked Fanone what he thought of Trump’s remarks as someone who experienced the violence, during which multiple people died and dozens of others suffered injuries, firsthand.
“I think it’s dangerous,” Fanone said. “It is very much not the experience I had on the 6th. I experienced a group of individuals who were trying to kill me to accomplish their goal.”
Kyle James Young, 37, is accused of being part of a group that assaulted D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone and attempting to take a weapon from an officer.
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By Chris Turner
Apr 17, 2021
An Iowa man is facing multiple charges for his alleged role in the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol.
37-year old Kyle Young of Redfield is among three men who are facing charges for allegedly assaulting a Metropolitan Police Officer during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
Young, 41-year old Albuquerque Head of Kingsport, Tennessee and 35-year old Thomas Sibick of Buffalo, New York, were indicted on charges related to their alleged assault of Officer Michael Fanone, in addition to other alleged crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol.
The three men are charged with the following: