Officer injured in Capitol riot says Kevin McCarthy’s claim he tried to set up meeting is ‘...

Michael Fanone, a Washington DC police officer who was severely injured during the 6 January riot at the Capitol, said on Wednesday that public overtures about setting up a meeting from the top House Republican, Kevin McCarthy, were “bullsh**.”

The controversy began when Minority Leader McCarthy told reporters, “I’d gladly meet with him ... We gave him the phone number to the scheduler and said we’d love to meet with you. Unfortunately he hasn’t followed up.”

Later that day, Mr Fanone said he had in fact reached out, and that Mr McCarthy’s statement’s were “bulls***.” (According to Mr McCarthy’s staff, at the time the GOP leader made the comments, Mr Fanone had spoken with their office but hadn’t yet reached out to their director of operations. He has since connected with Mr McCarthy’s scheduler on Wednesday.)