A cop put on a MAGA hat to save fellow officers on Jan. 6 – and an Oath Keeper helped

An NBC News review sheds new light on a strange moment on Jan. 6, in which a Capitol Police officer wearing a MAGA hat was assisted by an Oath Keepers member.

WASHINGTON — It was an oddity amid the chaos. As a rowdy pro-Trump mob tried to force their way into the Capitol on Jan. 6, a Capitol Police lieutenant emerged out of the Columbus Doors on the eastern side of the building, where windows had been shattered by the mob. Following a civilian in a brown Eddie Bauer jacket with a police bullhorn, the lieutenant led a procession of officers in riot gear down the stairs and through the crowd.

As the officer made his way through the sea of rioters, he put on a red MAGA hat. Trump supporters on the stairs celebrated, thinking that officers were giving up the building and that perhaps Donald Trump was going to remain president after all.

“Make a hole! They’re leaving!” one man yells in one of many videos that captured the moment. “The cops are leaving! We won!” says another. A man slaps the police officers’ helmets in support, as others slap them on the back. A woman in a USA sweatshirt hugs the officers, who do not hug her back as they make their way out of the Capitol and through the crowd. Through their face shields, none of the cops looks thrilled. A man in a black QAnon hoodie and a Trump hat blesses the officers as they go down the stairs.

Justice Department lays out Oath Keepers’ alleged plans for armed rebellion during Jan. 6Oct. 4, 202204:03Stephen Ayres, a Capitol rioter and later a defendant who testified before the Jan. 6 committee, is there, watching from the sides. So is the “QAnon Shaman,” Jacob Chansley, fresh off a visit to the Senate chamber that would later lead to a sentence of more than three years in prison.

Standing at the bottom of the stairs, as police in riot gear march out, is 37-year-old Roberto Minuta of Texas. “That’s the police being escorted by the people, that’s what that is, cause it’s our f---ing building,” says Minuta, filming the scene on his phone. “Escorted!”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/cop-maga-hat-oath-keeper-one-jan-6s-strangest-moments-rcna50242


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