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Sen. Tim Sheehy Assists Capitol Police in Removing Protester From Senate Hearing

Police report the man resisted removal, wedging his arm in a doorway, with charges filed and four people treated.

Overview

  • Video shows Brian C. McGinnis, a Marine veteran and Green Party U.S. Senate candidate from North Carolina, disrupting an Armed Services subcommittee hearing with anti-war remarks tied to U.S. actions with Israel and Iran.
  • U.S. Capitol Police arrested McGinnis and said he faces three counts of assaulting a police officer, three counts of resisting arrest, and one count related to unlawful demonstration.
  • Authorities said McGinnis and three officers were treated for injuries; police stated he got his arm stuck in a door while resisting efforts to remove him.
  • McGinnis and a Green Party official alleged his arm was broken and accused Sen. Tim Sheehy of causing the injury, a claim not substantiated by officials.
  • Sheehy, a first-term Republican senator and former Navy SEAL, said he intervened to help de‑escalate the situation as widely shared clips of the scuffle circulated on social media.