Ex-Jan. 6 officer roasts far-right theories about him
. During the talk with Brianna Keilar, Fanone discussed the various inflammatory rumors that supporters of former Presidenthave spread about him in the wake of the Capitol riots, stoked, he claimed, by rhetoric from far-right and alt-right political leaders.
"Rhetoric from these politicians combined with some of the alt-right or right-wing propaganda, people believe that stuff," Fanone said."There have been a whole slew of conspiracies that have kind of popped up about me. The hardest thing to accept is people that have known me for, in some cases, decades buying into a lot of that crap, the idea that I work for theand I've been a plant in the Metropolitan Police Department for two decades waiting for this moment.
On the more outlandish side, Fanone said that one rumor suggested a strange connection between him and Speaker of the House"I was somehow spawned from a Petri dish and am the love child of Nancy Pelosi," the former officer explained."Actually, people believe it!" Above, former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone testifies before the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Fanone on Monday lambasted outlandish rumors and conspiracy theories spread about him by far-right elements.These conspiracies and rumors have reached beyond the realm of the far-right and have allegedly begun to influence some of Fanone's acquaintances, the former officer said.
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