The retired cop who became the face of D.C. Metropolitan Police brutalized at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has launched a private security business with a name evoking the attack—and is already providing services to a campaign of the congressman who helped spearhead the subsequentFederal Election Commission records show the campaign of Rep.
But the Democrat was quick to assert that Fanone has not personally guarded him or his family, and maintained that the company has instead assigned a veteran of the’s elite Delta Force. Campaign finance records show no other federal candidate or committee has hired Lower West Terrace, but the lawmaker claimed the firm counts “major political organizations” among its clients, and that other officers present at the Capitol have served among its contractors.
The Daily Beast spoke to Harry Dunn, a former Capitol police officer famous for battling rioters in the corridors of power—and for his subsequent testimony about the racist insults he endured doing so. Now ain Maryland, Dunn said Fanone had not approached him about joining the venture, but reported attending what he described as a “meet and greet” with politicians in D.C. last fall where Lower West Terrace provided security.