The guy trolling Fanone is Ivan Raiklin, who the MSM call an "election denier". I've been rooting around to see if there is anything to Fanone's claim that Raiklin had threatened his family.
From NewSpeak's article about this encounter,
https://www.newsweek.com/fight-almost-breaks-out-at-jack-smith-hearing-he-threatened-to-rape-kids-michael-fanone-ivan-raiklin-11403286 :
Verbal sparring between Fanone and Raiklin broke out during the committee hearing. It’s unclear what sparked the altercation.
Video posted to social media showed Fanone yelling, “This guy is threatening my family, my children, threatening to rape my children.” It’s unclear what comments Fanone was referring to. Raiklin has not been charged with making threats against Fanone or his family.
On a slightly different tack, from The Hill,
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5701690-fanone-raiklin-hearing-altercation/ :
Later in the hearing, Fanone coughed into his hands and appeared to say, “Go f— yourself,” as Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) spoke. Nehls, addressing the former officers in the room, blamed Capitol Police leadership for the events of Jan. 6, not President Trump.
From the International Business Times,
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-ivan-raiklin-jan-6-hardliner-who-confronted-michael-fanone-why-he-keeps-turning-1773191 :
As fellow officers tried to restrain him, Fanone made alarming accusations. 'This guy has threatened my family, threatened my children, threatened to rape my children,' he shouted. Raiklin has not been charged with making such threats.
From Mediaite, this about the lead-up to the claim wrt Fanone's family,
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/you-sick-bstard-capitol-cop-gets-right-in-the-face-of-jan-6-supporter-in-wild-scene-at-jack-smith-hearing/ :
Footage from multiple angles on Thursday found Fanone and Raiklin exchanging words before Fanone walked towards Raiklin and called him a “traitor to this country.”
And then:
A Capitol officer eventually stepped between the two.
“This guy’s threatened my family, threatened my children,” Fanone said as another officer stepped into the middle of the scene. “Threatened my — threatened to rape my children, you sick b*stard! Rape my children!”
Dunn eventually got Fanone back to his seat. Fanone warned one officer, “Do not f**king touch me” after the confrontation.
My emphasis.
From Raw Story,
https://www.rawstory.com/michael-fanone-ivan-raiklin/ , no comment about Fanone's claim, but this interesting bit:
"Thank you, Mr. Fanone," said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the ranking Democrat, as supporters stood up and applauded as Fanone and Dunn were escorted out by a police officer. "Mr. Chairman, please control the deranged observer, Mr. Raiklin, so he doesn't create any other problems with this today."
"Imagine what he did on Jan. 6 with that demeanor," Raiklin replied from his seat. "Look at my demeanor."
In my informal survey of how this was reported, I was particularly interested in how Prog sources - e.g. NewSpeak and Raw Story - would report it, as they would have particular and very strong dislike for Raiklin. IOW, if there was even a "sources say" annoymorous report supporting Fanone's claim, they would gleefully trot it out. But nothing.
Raiklin's trolling-mocking is far from pretty.Fanone's reaction was out of control, and his snap at an apparent Capitol Police officer, "Do not f**king touch me," is suggestive there was something more than just losing it in his anger. What,
? His comment at Rep. Troy Nehls indicates, at best, a partisan mind closed to ideas and facts that do not fit what he wants to be true. Raiklin's snark, "Imagine what he did on Jan. 6 with that demeanor," is not entirely unwarranted though over-the-top.
One more matter not in the background info included with the various articles about this encounter (nor in W'pedia's article about Raiklin) is any mention of where he was on 1/6/2021. Given the biases of several of the sources, had they known Raiklin had been withing a mile or 5 of the Capitol that day, those sources would have mentioned it, very prominently (as would the angry Fanone).
