Capitol police speak out over Trump mob’s ‘brutal, medieval-style combat’

Pictures of the scenes at the US capitol when Trump rioters stormed the building. Inset, police officer Michael Fanone (Pictures: Getty) Capitol police officers have described how they thought they would die after being subjected to ‘brutal, medieval style combat’ by pro-Trump rioters. Officers who were on duty protecting the building on January 6 said they were outnumbered by a mob of hundreds who called them ‘traitors’ before attacking them. Speaking for the first time since the ugly scenes that left five people, including a policeman, dead, officer Daniel Hodges told Sky News: ‘They were calling us traitors, shouting at us, telling us to remember our oath, and eventually, they attacked...