Mike Fanone, a former D.C. police officer who was brutally attacked during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, is seeking protective orders against the five men who pleaded guilty to assaulting him. The men were pardoned by President Donald Trump, prompting Fanone to take this step to ensure his safety and that of his family.
The fact that I have to do this, to try to afford my family some degree of protection, is outrageous,' said former DC police officer Mike Fanone , who was beaten and shocked with a stun gun as rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. As a D.C. police officer, Mike Fanone devoted more than 20 years to protecting his neighbors. Now, he's trying to protect himself and his family.
Fanone went to the Prince William County Courthouse on Tuesday to seek protective orders against the five men who pleaded guilty to violently assaulting him during the attack. 'But we are in an age of government lawlessness,' Fanone said. Within hours of being sworn back into office, President Donald Trump made good on a campaign promise to pardon or commute the sentences of Jan. 6 defendants, saying, 'So this is Jan. 6; these are the hostages. Approximately 1,500 for a pardon. Full pardon.' Among those pardoned were the five men who pleaded guilty to dragging Fanone into the crowd of rioters, beating him and shocking him with a stun-gun device. Former D.C. police officer Mike Fanone, whose attackers were pardoned along with hundreds of other Jan. 6 defendants by President Trump on Monday, was one of the many victims targeted during the insurrection. One of those men, Daniel Rodriguez, pleaded guilty in 2023 to multiple federal charges, including injuring an officer with a violent weapon. He's now been fully pardoned. The Department of Justice used video from Fanone's body camera as evidence that Rodriguez shocked Fanone on Jan. 6. Fanone would later suffer a heart attack and ultimately resigned from the Metropolitan Police Department. Rodriguez was sentenced to serve 12 and a half years — until he was pardoned and released from prison. When Trump issued the pardons, it also eliminated any protective orders that might have been in place. That's why Fanone is now seeking them against the five men convicted of assaulting him. All five now are out of prison. 'Those of us who find ourselves in the crosshairs of Donald Trump cannot depend on these government institutions, which for centuries have been charged with keeping Americans safe,' Fanone said. 'We cannot depend on these government institutions which for centuries have been charged with keeping Americans safe.' He was shocked and beaten, and now Fanone feels like he's been stabbed in the back by the very institutions he fought to protect. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office pardoning about 1,500 defendants who were involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The move has been met with widespread criticism, with many arguing that it undermines the rule of law and sends the wrong message about the seriousness of the attack. Fanone's case highlights the personal toll that the Jan. 6 attack took on law enforcement officers who risked their lives to defend the Capitol. It also raises questions about the president's power to pardon those convicted of crimes, particularly in cases involving political violence
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