Four Officers Testify Before House Select Committee Investigating Capitol Riots

The house select committee investigating the January 6th attack are hearing testimony today from four police officers who were on the front lines during the insurrection. The hearing marks the first time the panel will have public testimony and kicks off the group’s investigation into the events that took place on January 6th. The four officers testifying on the stand include DC Metropolitan Police Officers Daniel Hodges and Michael Fanone, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Sergeant Aquilino Gonell. Today during the hearing officers will describe what they experienced during the riots which includes accounts of being beaten with a flagpole, being the target of racist slurs, being crushed in a door and being tased by rioters. The witnesses will also raise questions for the committee to consider.