in this video but several other proud boy conspiracy co-defendants are on the scene. now we also have another video. it shows donahoe walking in front of another alleged proud boy, dominic pizola as they both carry a police riot shield. now in the third clip, it appears to show donahoe, his face is covered, he has a red and white striped band an bandana and they take down four police officers that are bloc blocking a stairwell and they believe this is a key moment as the pro-trump crowd violently moved further into the building. now, kate, donahoe is helding in jail and seeking to be released and pleading not guilty but these were released after cnn and other media outlets sought to access them from court
utah who appeared in court today. he allegedly grabbed a police riot shield and toppled an officer on 1/6. he s facing multiple charges, including assault and obstruction of an official proceeding. the department of justice is seeking to detain copeland pending trial. our next guest spoke to the suspect, who says he has no regrets and continues to doubt the results of the 2020 election. joining our conversation is investigative reporter for nbc for washington, scott mcfarland. he interviewed copeland from jail on saturday. frank figliuzzi is still here. so, i can t say it on family-friendly tv what he said, but tell me about the suspect. he seems to not have any remorse. yeah, landon copeland s an iraq war veteran, nicole. he was one of the higher-profile defendants in january 6th in part because he s accused of assaulting police, one of the more serious charges but also because he had an outburst at a hearing last month. he screamed vulgarities at the
judge, called the judge a robot, told the judge she can t get to him unless he wants to be gotten to. he called this weekend, overnight. got to tell you, that was a surprise, because his case is only in its beginning stages. he hasn t even yet entered a not guilty plea but he called to talk about the case. he said he has no regrets, doesn t think he committed a crime but he acknowledges he was there january 6th. he acknowledges he grabbed that police riot shield and toppled an officer and when i pressed him on it, he says that donald trump was a great president and he still has questions, nicole, about the 2020 election. does he deny that he committed crimes or he just doesn t want to be held accountable for them? he denies that he committed crimes and does so after acknowledging he grabbed a police riot shield and struck police. i asked him, you know you can t hit police, and he says, the police, in his mind, were trying to direct people, including him, towards the chemical spray
station. scott, thanks for joining us. an incredibly dramatic interview to say the least. what else did copeland have to say? this call happened in the middle of the night when he got access to a phone in utah, which is home state. i m surprised he called and agreed to speak on the record, agreed to let me record, because his case is still in its infancy and hasn t even entered a not guilty plea. there was no lawyer with him when he spoke. and because he faces among the most serious charges of the 490-plus people charged so far, including assault on police. he s accused of grabbing a police riot shield and knocking a police officer over. i asked him about those allegations. here s what he had to say. do you understand why you re charged with the crime? does it make sense to you? i don t i don t think i committed a crime. i didn t you know, i have the capability to where i could have hurt those other individuals, but i didn t hurt them. one of them pushed me, i pushed him back