‘You should be ashamed of yourself!’ Capitol police officer unleashes on Trump
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn expressed outrage over President Donald Trump’s decision to release all of the J6 rioters from custody, including those convicted of violent acts.
Dunn has said he still suffers from post traumatic stress disorder after defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,
in what has been called “likely the largest single-day, mass assault of law enforcement officers in our nation’s history.”
“Man, I’m just so frustrated with everybody’s indifference and apathy leading up to this,” Dunn told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Wednesday.
Trump gave the order on his first day back in office to pardon all 1,500 of the criminals and defendants involved in the riots. Despite Vice President J.D. Vance and Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi contending that the violent offenders should be held accountable, “Trump just said: ‘F— it: Release ’em all,'”
a White House adviser told Axios.
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Acosta asked, “Does the government need to provide protection to certain members of the Capitol Police Department who were assaulted that day, D.C. Police Department who were assaulted that day, and are now worried that now that these people have been released, that they pose a danger to those officers?”
Acosta continued, “As you know, Harry, there have been relatives of some of these rioters who turned them in. One has to assume that those family members who turned in their relatives because they were involved on January 6th, that they have to be fearful. Doesn’t the government need to do something about this?”
Dunn answered, “Sure, those are all valid concerns. And, yeah, one would think, right, that these people, when they testified or these witnesses that gave information, they did it to help the government. So why not the government should help them? Every case, I guess, is different, you know, depending on what people want and how people feel and their safety. But, I think, isn’t that the job of the Justice Department, isn’t that the job of the president to protect their citizens, to protect the to stand up for what’s right for American People?”
“But, Harry, the president is now Donald Trump,” Acosta said. “What is your message to him after he’s done this?”
“The same thing it’s been for the last four years — you’re wrong!” Dunn exclaimed. “You’re wrong, and you should be ashamed of yourself!”
Dunn and the other officers who protected the Capitol on that day received the Presidential Citizens Medal from Joe Biden in 2023.
