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   The Democratic chairman of the House committee investigating the   
   events surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot said Thursday that   
   law enforcement officers “lost their lives as a result of the   
   attack.”   
      
   He made this assertion after prominent Democrats, including   
   President Joe Biden, for months falsely claimed U.S. Capitol   
   Police officer Brian Sicknick died as a result of the violence   
   at the Capitol despite the medical examiner concluding that he   
   died from a stroke and that his “manner of death” was “natural.”   
      
   Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who leads the panel, said Thursday   
   during the panel's first prime-time hearing, “I know that some   
   of the witnesses from our first hearing are in the room with us,   
   along with some of the family members, friends, and widows of   
   the officers who lost their lives as a result of the attack.   
   Thank you all for being here for us and for the American   
   people.” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the vice chairwoman of the   
   committee, later said that Sicknick’s family was present   
   Thursday night.   
      
   The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, led by Francisco Diaz,   
   told the Washington Examiner in April 2021 that Sicknick’s   
   “cause of death” was “acute brainstem and cerebellar infarcts   
   due to acute basilar artery thrombosis” — a stroke — and that   
   the “manner of death” was “natural.” The medical examiner said   
   Sicknick was sprayed with a chemical substance at about 2:20   
   p.m. on Jan. 6, collapsed at the Capitol at about 10 p.m., was   
   taken to a local hospital, and died at about 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 7.   
      
   Although Diaz told the Washington Post that Sicknick suffered   
   neither an allergic reaction to chemical irritants nor any   
   injuries, he said “all that transpired played a role in his   
   condition.“   
      
   Biden claimed in June 2021 that “criminals” at the Capitol   
   “kill[ed] a police officer.” The medical examiner’s office   
   directly noted that the term “natural” is “used when a disease   
   alone causes death” and that “if death is hastened by an injury,   
   the manner of death is not considered natural.”   
      
   Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards testified Thursday about   
   serving alongside Sicknick during the riot as they pushed back   
   against the rioters. She described Sicknick having his face in   
   his hands after he was sprayed. Video that was played by the   
   committee appeared to show Sicknick in discomfort.   
      
   The Justice Department says that more than 800 defendants have   
   been arrested in relation to the Capitol riot, including over   
   250 defendants charged with assaulting or impeding law   
   enforcement officers. No one has been charged with killing   
   police.   
      
   A Democratic pretrial impeachment memo from February 2021   
   falsely claimed that “the insurrectionists killed a Capitol   
   Police officer by striking him in the head with a fire   
   extinguisher.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki falsely   
   claimed in May 2021 that there were “a number of officers” who   
   died the day of the Capitol riot. Metropolitan Police Officer   
   Jeffrey Smith and Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood both   
   died by suicide in January 2021 following the riot.   
      
   During a speech in January just before the anniversary of the   
   Capitol riot, Attorney General Merrick Garland held a moment of   
   silence for Sicknick, Smith, and Liebengood, as well as Capitol   
   Police Officer Gunther Hashida and Capitol Police Officer Kyle   
   DeFreytag, who died by suicide in July 2021.   
      
   Thompson said in his opening remarks at the committee’s prior   
   public hearing in July 2021 that “seven people lost their lives”   
   in the riot. The number would appear to include Sicknick, the   
   two officers who died by suicide in the following days, a   
   protester shot by police, two protesters who the medical   
   examiner said suffered fatal heart attacks, and another whom the   
   medical examiner said died of a suspected drug overdose.   
      
   Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn also perpetuated the claim   
   regarding Sicknick in his remarks at last summer’s hearing.   
      
   “I’d like to take a moment of my time to ask for a moment of   
      
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