1. Michael Fanone worked for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia from 2001 until his retirement in 2021.
14 Facts About Michael Fanone
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Michael Fanone's parents divorced when he was eight years old.
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Michael Fanone attended St Mary's Elementary School, and Georgetown Preparatory School for a year.
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Michael Fanone left to work in construction and graduated from Ballou High School.
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Michael Fanone worked primarily as a plain-clothes and undercover officer, investigating narcotics trafficking.
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Michael Fanone was assaulted by rioters, dragged down the Capitol steps, beaten with pipes, stunned with a Taser, sprayed with chemical irritants, and threatened with his own gun after overt verbal abuse and physical assault from many attendees.
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In June 2021, Michael Fanone asked Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans in Congress to denounce the January 6 conspiracies.
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Michael Fanone retired from the police force due to age-related health issues in 2021.
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Michael Fanone joined CNN in January 2022 as an on-air contributor and law enforcement analyst and concluded his time in November 2023.
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The letter was hand-delivered by military veterans to top Republican leaders, and Michael Fanone delivered a copy of the letter to the office of Rep.
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On January 6,2023, Michael Fanone was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Joe Biden.
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In February 2025, Michael Fanone spoke at the Principles First conference, an alternative to the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he expressed outrage at the pardon of the January 6th rioters.
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Tarrio accused the officers of being "cowards", to which Michael Fanone called Tarrio a "traitor".
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Michael Fanone was formerly a supporter of Donald Trump and voted for him in the 2016 United States presidential election, but stopped supporting him after his dismissal of James Comey and after comments he made that he perceived to be anti-Asian.