DC Police officer injured in Capitol riot is meeting with McCarthy
CNN
DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who was badly injured on January 6 and initially requested a meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy last month, is meeting with the California Republican on Friday afternoon.
Fanone, who was stun-gunned several times and beaten with a flagpole during the riot, had made several attempts to meet with the California Republican to discuss the insurrection, according to Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell. On Twitter last month, Swalwell said that Fanone was "very upset" about having not yet secured a meeting with McCarthy. Republicans, including McCarthy, have largely opposed efforts to examine the circumstances of the insurrection, drawing intense criticism from Fanone and several other police officers who were there. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced plans earlier this week to establish a select committee on the attack, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Friday that the chamber will consider a resolution establishing it next week.President Joe Biden on Sunday delivers his first commencement address of the 2024 season at Morehouse College, where the president may for the first time in months have to confront the angst that’s been percolating on college campuses nationwide toward his administration’s policies on the Israel-Hamas war.
Arab and Palestinian Americans left a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday night frustrated they did not have a clear understanding of how the Biden administration might act upon their concerns as the Israel-Hamas war devastates the civilian population in Gaza, participants told CNN.