off-duty d.c. police officers and a retired officer from prince george s county who provided professional security for me and my family during the many hearings i had prior to my trial, in which i was ordered by the court to be present, and during my trial itself. they were unavailable on #th and 6th. like many of the speakers on the events of those days, i was provided voluntary security by the oath keepers. no, i didn t know any of them on an intimate basis. my interactions with them were entirely professional, efficient. they were very polite and they helped protect me. which is to say an armed group of fanatics were allegedly plotting a violent storming of the capitol, providing security for one of the president s closest advisors providing their own attempt to forestall the peaceful transfer of power next to each other over the same few days in the same place with donald trump finally pressing the green go button when he told