Michael Fanone Says His Mom Was Swatted After He Spoke Out At Trump's Trial
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Fanone, a former D.C. police officer, was assaulted by Donald Trump supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone said someone sent a SWAT team to his mother’s home on Tuesday under false pretenses — a practice known as “swatting” — in response to his criticism of former president Donald Trump.
Fanone, one of dozens of police officers injured while defending the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, slammed Trump on Tuesday during a Biden campaign press conference the former president’s criminal trial in Manhattan.
“While being restrained by a violent mob, I was beaten,” Fanone said at the press conference, at which actor Robert De Niro also spoke. “An individual tried to strip me of my gun, while chants of ‘kill him with his own gun’ were echoed by the crowd.”
On Tuesday evening, Fanone said his mom opened the front door of her Virginia home to find police in SWAT gear. The police said they were responding to a threatening “manifesto,” containing Fanone’s mother’s address, that had falsely been attributed to Fanone. NBC News first reported the incident.
Fairfax County police did not immediately respond to a request from HuffPost about what happened.
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