Overview

• Daniel Rodriguez, who called himself an "American Supremacist," was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for attacking Officer Michael Fanone during the January 6th Capitol riot.
• Rodriguez drove a stun gun into Fanone's neck twice, causing Fanone to lose consciousness and suffer a heart attack.
• Fanone's injuries ultimately forced him into early retirement from the Metropolitan Police Department.
• Rodriguez pleaded guilty to four felony charges including assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon.
• Rodriguez claimed he was radicalized by former President Trump's false claims of election fraud and traveled from California to Washington D.C. to violently protest the certification of the 2020 election.