Hi there, everybody. It's 4 o'clock in New York. Two of the law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021 have sued today to block the nearly $1.8 billion fund established by Donald Trump to potentially pay off pardoned violent

insurrectionists. In their brand new lawsuit, the officers say this, quote, the fund endangers

the lives and safety of plaintiffs Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, officers who defended the

Capitol on January 6, 2021, in two ways. First, by its very existence, the fund encourages

those who enacted violence in the president's name to continue to do so. Dunn and Hodges

already faced credible threats of death and violence on a regular basis. The fund substantially

increases the danger. Second, if allowed to begin

making payments, the fund will directly finance the violent operations of rioters, paramilitaries,

and their supporters who threatened the plaintiff's lives that day and continue to do so.

Here's a little reminder of what happened that day and a reminder of the

actions of the people who may soon be receiving a payout funded by our taxpayer dollars, as described

by the officers who defended the U.S. Capitol and testified before the January 6th Select Committee.

I felt the bike rack come on top of my head, and I was pushed backwards,

and my foot caught the stair behind me, and my chin hit the handrail, and then I, point I had blacked out but my um the back of my head

clipped the concrete stairs behind me I was grabbed beaten tased all while being called a traitor to my

country I was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm,

as I heard chance of kill him with his own gun. As I was swarmed by a violent mob, they ripped off my

badge. They grabbed and stripped me of my radio. They seized ammunition that was secured to my body.

They began to beat me with their fists and with what felt like hard metal objects.

I too was being crushed by the other riders. I could feel myself losing oxygen and recall, thinking to myself, this is how I'm going to die.

Several attempted to knock me over and steal my baton.

One latched onto my face and got his thumb in my right eye, attempting to gouge it out.

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