Defense is now cross-examining Sgt Gonell. Asking about his social media usage and asking if "he's mad" about how Jan 6 cases have been handled so far.
Gonell: "People need to learn that what happened on January 6 was horrendous"
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Defense asks if Sgt. Gonell thinks some of the Jan charges are "not hard enough"
Gonell: "It was not a tour".. not a peaceful protest
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Gonell to defense lawyer.. about the Jan 6 riot: "I can assure you it was not a parade. I did not get hugs and kisses"
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Defense is pressing Gonell about whether the thinks people should be charged with "committing a coup"
Gonell is responding, somewhat indirectly, about the breadth and ferocity of the attack of the mob
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Defense: "You don't know what my client saw when he approached the Capitol.. is that right?"
Gonell: "I cannot get into his head"
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Defense: "You didn't have any elevated concerns about what was happening at the (White House Ellipse)?"
Gonell: "I had concerns..... But I didn't think.. "Ah shit! We're gonna get attacked!"
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Re-setting the scene. This is a bench trial (judge.. no jury) in the Capitol riot case of Kyle Fitzsimons of Maine
Fitzsimons is accused of pushing police & trying to pull police into mob, while allegedly wearing butcher coat. And.. of grabbing Sgt Gonell's riot shield
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Gonell corrects defense for again misidentifying him. She responds “ Please don’t take it personally”
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My adrenaline was running high that day and I was watching from my she-shed in Texas. He’s a trained officer of the law, it’s probably not his first run-in with an adrenaline rush.
Aug 17, 2022 · 9:08 PM UTC
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