The official ruling on the cause of the death of Capitol policeman Brian Sicknick invalidates the media story on which former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment was largely based, Washington Times editor and Fox News contributor Charlie said. Hurt Tuesday to “America Reports”.
Washington DC’s top medical examiner on Monday ruled that Sicknick had suffered two strokes and died of natural causes the day after confronting rioters at the Capitol building on Jan. 6. head with a fire extinguisher by Trump supporters during the melee.
“The problem was, it fitted into a story they wanted to tell,” Hurt told host Sandra Smith.
That story included the fact that his death was a key – probably the most important part – to the charges against [former] President Trump. That was the whole accusation. Because of that story, the media got away with it, politicians got away with it. “
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While Sicknick’s death was tragic, regardless of the cause, Hurt pointed out, the rush of the media to tell a political story reveals an “extraordinary disdain that these people have for the extraordinary service that Officer Sicknick did that day and his entire life. career ”.
Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick
(US Capitol Police)
The New York Times reported on Jan. 8 that Sicknick died of injuries sustained during physical contact with pro-Trump rioters. The report quoted two anonymous law enforcement officers as claiming that Sicknick was “beaten with a fire extinguisher” during the violence. House impeachment managers used the Times article as evidence in their memo for the impeachment lawsuit against Trump.
Weeks later, the Times quietly updated its story to note that new information “calls into question the original cause of death provided by officials close to Capitol Police,” but the review came weeks after the incorrect information was initially published.
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“What’s even more amazing to me is the fact that Officer Sicknick’s body was cremated over two months ago,” Hurt noted, “and so the evidence we have now was that Officer Sicknick died of natural causes the next day. died, based on information they had more than two months ago.
“So DOJ officials, Democrats on Capitol Hill and the media have been telling the lies ever since.”