Overview
- During a House Judiciary recess, former D.C. officer Michael Fanone and activist Ivan Raiklin engaged in a heated verbal exchange captured on the hearing feed and reporters’ videos.
- Fanone accused Raiklin of threatening his family, including an allegation that Raiklin threatened to rape his children, as officers and former officer Harry Dunn intervened to separate them.
- The encounter unfolded as Jack Smith testified about his investigations involving President Trump, and the hearing resumed after Chairman Jim Jordan called for order.
- Raiklin, a promoter of 2020 election conspiracy theories who has called himself the president’s “secretary of retribution,” posted his own footage and floated suing Fanone for defamation.
- Fanone also drew attention earlier by audibly telling Rep. Troy Nehls to “go f*** yourself” during questioning, underscoring tensions surrounding Jan. 6 accountability and the hearing’s decorum.