Michael Fanone, a former Washington, D.C., police officer who was attacked by a Trump-supporting mob within the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, spoke volumes in a mere cough at a listening to on Thursday. (Watch the video beneath.)
Listening to Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) attempt to absolve President Donald Trump of accountability for the riot, Fanone couldn’t stay silent.
“I can tell you, gentlemen, that the fault does not lie with Donald Trump,” Nehls proclaimed to Fanone and different officers within the room. “It lies with … the U.S. Capitol leadership team.”
“We know they had the intelligence,” Nehls continued.
In a now-viral clip, Fanone leaned over, lined his mouth and coughed loudly, “Fuck yourself.”
“… And there was going to be a high propensity for violence that day,” Nehls went on.
Fanone was then known as to order.
The former officer, who suffered a coronary heart assault and a traumatic mind damage after being pummeled and shocked with a Taser by the rioters, has change into an outspoken critic of the president.
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