U.S. Capitol Officer Eugene Goodman testifies in court for the first time Monday on the removal of the rioters from the senators who fled during the attack on January 6, 2021, describing how he ran up a ladder after a tense clash that began with member of the mob carrying a Confederate battle flag. Goodman, whose actions inside the building that day were recorded in a video that went viral, said the man hit him with the edge of the flag and shouted: “I’m not leaving. Where are the members? “Where do they count the votes?” The man – 52-year-old Kevin Seefried – was quickly joined by a crowd chasing Goodman up the stairs and away from a corridor leading to the Senate entrance used by Republicans, officials and Vice President Mike Pence’s offices. Goodman’s testimony came at the federal criminal trial in Washington of Seefried and his son, Hunter Seefried, 22, of Laurel, Del., Who are accused of being among the first 15 people to break into the building. Everyone has pleaded not guilty, although at trial, the two men’s lawyers said they would not plead guilty to misconduct or parade and parade in confined spaces of the Capitol. Instead, they have argued that they did not intend to obstruct the work of Congress – which is the basis for a more serious felony charge against them. In sometimes graphic terms, Goodman described the attempt to keep police lines out of the Capitol without any protective equipment as rioters threw objects in his direction. He said he repulsed the rioters with his bat and vomited after being hit with pepper spray and tear gas fired by DC police who fired again at police. When DC police arrived with riot gear, Goodman testified that he went to a help desk set up by the Office of the Attending Doctor in the crypt of the building, located below the Rotunda. But he said he had it soon to run two floors up as police radio was “squeezed” with reports of fighting around the building and an early – at that point – alarm that the Rotunda had been breached. “I could see riot policemen with their backs pressed against the doors, and just a crowd of people pushing them,” Goodman said of the view outside the Rotunda doors. On the western front of the Capitol, the officer said: “It was like a medieval clash between two rival forces; between police and protesters.” Goodman appeared in U.S. District Attorney Trevor N. McFadden just four days after U.S. Capitol police officer Caroline Edwards described similar painful scenes as she testified before the House Selection Committee investigating the incident. of 6 January. In first-hour television statements, Edwards called the building that day a “war zone.” He described as “slipping into people’s blood” and being blinded by a bear spray while standing next to an officer, Brian D. Sicknick, who later suffered a stroke and died. Goodman first spoke publicly about the attack in January, saying during a podcast hosted by a colleague at the Capitol during the siege that it was based on his military training and experience in the 101st Army Airborne Division – when “Nothing ever went plan, never.” “You never know. It could easily have been a bloodbath, so well done to all those who showed a measure of restraint in the face of deadly violence, ‘because it could be a band. Really, very bad,’” Goodman said in an interview. published on January 24 on the podcast “3 Brothers No Sense”, co-starring Byron “Buff” Evans, a friend and collaborator of Goodman’s. The Seefried surrendered to law enforcement on January 12, 2021. Kevin Seefried admitted to carrying a large Confederate flag at the Capitol, saying he usually kept it outside his home, according to an FBI complaint. In a briefing, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Brittany L. Reed said police witnesses would say Seefried was part of the first group of rioters to enter “in order to reach members of Congress.” The team included two very prominent figures who led the class and have since pleaded guilty: Douglas Jensen, who wore a black T-shirt with the eagle and the QAnon extremist logo, and the “QAnon Shaman”. Jacob Chansley, who carried a spear and wore face paint and a furry headdress with horns. Capitol Officer Eugene Goodman dealt with the mob that broke into the US Capitol on January 6. (Video: Igor Bobic / HuffPost via Storyful) Capitol Officer Eugene Goodman speaks in public for first time since Jan. 6 uprising “Where do they meet?” Members of the crowd shouted through a bull’s head as they chased Goodman up a marble staircase, according to Goodman and video footage entered by prosecutors. Goodman led the team to the Ohio Clock Corridor, a mosaic-tiled area outside the doors leading to the Senate chamber, where he confirmed Monday that he knew officers were stationed. to provide backups. Elizabeth Mullin, one of Kevin Seefried’s two assistant federal defenders, said that while her client may have been in a confined space, she “did not have the necessary intention” to obstruct Congress. “Even though it was a mistake, a mistake that Kevin Seifrid has regretted since then, it did not come in because Congress was sitting or counting the votes. “He did not come in to prevent anyone from certifying the election,” Mullin said. Hunter Seefried’s lawyer, Edson Bostic, said his client “had no harsh words, did not threaten anyone” and was not considered a “person of concern” by police. Meet Capitol Officer Eugene Goodman, recorded in viral video confronting a mob in the Capitol Hunter acted “foolishly, perhaps – as far as a young man’s enthusiasm is concerned – but not corruption in order to prevent the certification of the vote,” Bostic said. ” Hunter Seifrid, who usually did not follow politics, “was not even sure that the certification of electoral votes [was] “They are being held in the Capitol building that day,” Bostic said. Under cross-examination by assistant federal defender Eugene Ohm, Goodman admitted that he did not tell the FBI, nor did he previously say, that he heard Kevin Seefried ask where lawmakers were or where the vote count was taking place. Goodman had said in a statement of impact on victims given for use by prosecutors in the January 6 cases that after his solitary confrontation with Sifrid, “he had no idea what their intention was and I retired to the top of the stairs”. But Goodman explained, answering questions from the prosecutor, that he was not referring to why the rioters entered the building, but only what their intention was “in relation to me, in particular”. Goodman admitted after questioning by the judge that Sifrid may not have asked where the vote count was taking place. He testified that Kevin Shifrid acted aggressively against him, hit him with the flagpole and that he was concerned for his safety, in part because he recognized the drop tattoo under Shifrid’s eye as a popular one among ex-prisoners. Goodman said one person on the Seefrieds team said, “You have to shoot me to stop me from coming in,” and another said the rioters were “ready for war” and asked if it was Goodman. Goodman said he did not hear from any of the Seefried Join a team couple who disagreed with the last man and tried to “disappoint” him. Both Seefried ignored his orders to leave the building, Goodman said. For Hunter Seefried, in particular, Goodman said: “I told him to leave. “You have to get out of the building.” And he says “No”. … He had this smiling look on his face all the time, like a “we will win” face.
