A former Washington, D.C. police officer significantly wounded within the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol practically got here to blows with a right-wing election-denier throughout prosecutor Jack Smith’s congressional listening to on Thursday.
The dust-up got here throughout a break within the proceedings, when activist and Military veteran Ivan Raiklin approached former cop Michael Fanone to shake his hand.
“F–k yourself,” Fanone repeatedly instructed Raiklin as officers who served with him on Jan. 6 and present Capitol Hill police restrained the 43-year-old regulation enforcement vet.
Raiklin calmly taunted Fanone for needing to be restrained.
“Look at me, totally in control over my mind and body,” he stated, as seen in video shared on-line.
Fanone, a D.C. native who labored for the Capitol Police and D.C. Metropolitan Police Division earlier than retiring after the 2021 riot on the Capitol, has stated he suffered a coronary heart assault, mind harm and PTSD on that day.
He was dragged down steps, Tazed and sprayed with chemical brokers as MAGA loyalists hoping to cease the certification of President Biden’s electoral win referred to as for Fanone to be killed along with his personal service weapon.
Ivan Raiklin (L) confronts former Metropolitan Police Division officer Michael Fanone throughout a recess within the testimony of Particular Counsel Jack Smith at a listening to earlier than the Home Judiciary Committee within the Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing on Capitol Hill on January 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Alex Wong/Getty Photographs)
In response to Fanone, he’s additionally been terrorized by Raiklin.
“This guy has threatened my family, threatened my children, threatened to rape my children…” he instructed witnesses on Thursday whereas pointing at his 49-year-old adversary.
U.S. Capitol police elevated their presence after the altercation that prompted Raiklin to go away the constructing, in accordance with The Hill.
Far-right political operative Ivan Raiklin (L) confronts former Metropolitan Police Division officer Michael Fanone throughout a break in testimony by former US particular counsel Jack Smith earlier than the Home Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 22, 2026. (Picture by SAUL LOEB / AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
Whereas the face-off occurred throughout a break, Fanone additionally saved one F-bomb in reserve for the precise listening to.
“Go f–k yourself,” he appeared to say by way of a muffled cough when Texas Rep. Troy Nehls blamed regulation enforcement for letting Jan. 6 spiral into chaos.
Lawmakers listened as former particular counsel Jack Smith stated President Trump was the “person most responsible” for the assault on the Capitol, which he believes would have been confirmed had the case gone to trial.
