Biden slams Trump, honors Jan. 6 police officers

President Biden praised the 'brave' Jan. 6 officers during a pre-recorded message to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
Law enforcement officials faced brutal attacks on the front lines defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. More than a year later, four of them are on the front lines again — this time, playing a central role in the room where a House committee shares its findings on the insurrection.

Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone, Washington Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges, and Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell were the first witnesses to publicly testify before the Jan. 6 committee, a year ago this week. They've been a near-constant presence in the Cannon Caucus room for each of the committee's eight hearings this summer.

The four men faced career-ending injuries, trauma and racist insults on Jan. 6 that they've been forced to relive during the hearings. Still, they feel a duty to attend – to remind the committee and everyone watching of the human toll of the attack on the Capitol.