Man who held baton on Capitol police officer during riot says he was just patting him on the back...

A geophysicist allegedly caught on video dragging a Capitol police officer down a set of stairs during the Capitol insurrection on 6 January claims he was just giving the officer a supportive pat on the back.

Jeffrey Sabol, 51, participated at in the Capitol riot. FBI records from the incident state that Mr Sabol “acknowledged that the video seemed to depict him throwing punches at the police officer, but he claims he was ‘patting him on the back’ and saying ‘we got you man.'”

Law and Crime reported on Mr Sabol's claims.