Overview
- Video verified by multiple outlets shows Sen. Tim Sheehy helping Capitol Police remove Brian McGinnis as his hand is pinned in a doorway and an audible crack is heard.
- U.S. Capitol Police say McGinnis was arrested and faces three counts of assaulting an officer, three counts of resisting arrest, and one count of crowding, obstructing and incommoding.
- Capitol Police report three officers were treated for injuries and say McGinnis also received medical treatment after the confrontation.
- McGinnis and bystanders say his arm was broken and some accused the senator of causing the injury, while police maintain the protester trapped his own arm.
- Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, defended his intervention on X as an effort to deescalate, and McGinnis has stated he will continue his North Carolina Senate campaign while focusing on recovery.