U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger, who is retiring this week, told CBS News on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s pardons for people who participated in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 were a “slap in the face to every police officer that was here” on that day.
Manger, who took over the position of Capitol Police Chief about six months after the event, described the challenges he faced on the job.
“The department as a whole had lost confidence in the leadership as a result of what happened” on Jan. 6, he said.
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