'He died in vain': Brother of fallen Capitol officer on rewriting of Jan. 6

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

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Police officer Brian Sicknick died after being assaulted while defending the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. His brother, Craig Sicknick, explains his anger and frustration over false narratives about that day and President Trump’s sweeping pardons of people charged or convicted of participating in the attack.

And, Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire is one of the lawmakers demanding more information about U.S. operations in Venezuela. She lays out the questions she still has about the removal of President Nicolás Maduro.

Then, Douglas Farah, president of IBI Consultants, breaks down what could happen in Venezuela following Maduro’s arrest, and NPR’s Joe Hernandez details what we know about the criminal prosecution of Maduro at a New York City court.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all.
0:11.5	On the web at theshmit.org.
0:15.8	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:20.4	I am mad as hell, and I have been for five years now.
0:26.2	Five years after rioters attacked police officers at the U.S. Capitol,
0:30.9	the brother of the late police officer Brian Sicknick says he won't let anyone erase his memory.
0:47.1	Music Nick says he won't let anyone erase his memory. It's Tuesday, January 6th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WVR.
0:52.2	I'm Chris Bentley.
0:56.0	Today on the show, a dispatch from the border of Colombia and Venezuela after the U.S.
1:01.6	abduction of Nicolas Maduro.
1:03.7	There's an earthquake that happened in the country, and everyone is sort of just waiting
1:08.1	for, you know, a bigger after shot.
1:11.1	Also, Democratic Senator Gene Shaheen says it's up to Republicans who hold the power in Congress
1:17.1	to restrain President Trump as he threatens more countries with war.
1:22.0	It's troubling to me that the Republican leadership in Congress has been so reluctant to cross President Trump.
1:34.9	But first, today marks five years since an insurrection aimed at overturning a presidential
1:42.4	election in the U.S. In 2020, President Trump urged
1:46.9	his followers to stop the steal, falsely claiming that he'd won the election. Many took him
1:53.5	literally, and a mob armed with flagpoles, pipes, bear spray, batons, and shields attacked Capitol Police and D.C. police officers,
2:03.6	eventually breaking into the Capitol building in pursuit of members of Congress.
2:08.6	140 law enforcement officers were wounded, and several died later. Some would take their own lives.
2:16.5	Today, Robin Young has a remembrance of one officer,
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