Trump spent his first hours in office issuing mass clemency for the 1,583 people who faced charges for their actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Some 1,230 had been convicted or pleaded guilty. Another group of about 200 pleaded guilty to felonies that included assaulting officers. Fanone was on the job and at the scene that day.
“I have been betrayed by my country, and I’ve been betrayed by those that supported Donald Trump. Whether you voted for him because he promised these pardons or for some other reason, you knew that this was coming. And here we are,” Fanone said on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins. “Tonight, six individuals who assaulted me, as I did my job on Jan. 6,
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