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Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn expressed outrage over President Donald Trump's decision to release all of the J6 rioters from custody, including those convicted of violent acts.

Dunn has said he still suffers from post traumatic stress disorder after defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in what has been called “likely the largest single-day, mass assault of law enforcement officers in our nation’s history.”

"Man, I'm just so frustrated with everybody's indifference and apathy leading up to this," Dunn told CNN's Jim Acosta on Wednesday. ...

CHICAGO — The Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol may be in the rearview for many Americans, but it’s remained a centerpiece of former President Donald Trump’s campaign — from his song with “the J6 choir” to him dubbing those federal convicts “hostages.”

And while the economy, immigration and war in the Middle East are also on the top of voter’s minds this cycle, some of the officers left scarred by the failed insurrectionists are combating Trump’s rhetoric by pounding the pavement in battleground states nationwide this election cycle.

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WASHINGTON — After protecting – and studying – lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol for the past 15 years, Harry Dunn turned his service revolver over to the Capitol Police at the end of 2023.

He then entered the 2024 race to represent residents of Maryland’s 3rd congressional district, which curls through the suburbs south and west of Baltimore, as a Democrat.

Dunn found his life upended during the 2021 Capitol insurrection as he protected then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s staffers from militia group the Oath Keepers and other violent attackers. ...