DC police officer hits back at Fox News hosts for mocking his Capitol riot testimony

"DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone – who spoke to a House panel about his experience during the Capitol riot – fired back after Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham mocked him and his fellow officers.

Mr Fanone and several other officers testified on Tuesday before the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot. Mr Fanone shared that he had been beaten, dragged down the Capitol stairs, shocked numerous times by a stun gun, and suffered a concussion as well as a mild heart attack. He told the lawmakers that the events had left him traumatised.

Carlson laughed after playing the clip of Mr Fanone making that claim, suggesting it would be more appropriate if he had been traumatised from the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

His colleague, Laura Ingraham, gave sarcastic awards to the various officers and politicians for their "performances," cynically suggesting the participants were exaggerating or being disingenuous in their testimonies."