Ex-U.S. Capitol Police Officer Remembers Jan. 6, CNN Defamation Trial, Golden Globes

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

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After protecting the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, retired Capitol Police officer Aquilino Gonell says Donald Trump's re-election feels like a "betrayal." CNN goes to court to fight a defamation lawsuit filed by a security contractor. Reviewing the highlights from the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.

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0:00.0	Donald Trump has said he will pardon the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6,
0:07.6	2021. A retired Capitol police officer says that feels like betrayal. So it feels like sometimes
0:14.2	like, what did I rest my life for? I'm Michelle Martin. That's A. Martinez, and this is up first from
0:19.8	NPR News.
0:28.5	CNN is in court today defending itself against accusations of defamation. A security contractor who offered to help Afghans flee the Taliban said the network wrongly portrayed him as predatory.
0:34.2	The trial comes as public perceptions of the media are increasingly negative.
0:37.9	And the 82nd Golden Globe Awards came and went last night. Netflix musical Amelia
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