"They told me that people I testified against were being released from prison," Gonell said. "And to be mindful. " Gonell was one of the officers who defended the central West Front entrance to the Capitol that day as Congress was certifying Democrat Joe Biden's victory and hundreds of Trump's supporters broke into the building, echoing his false claims of a stolen election.

"They told me that people I testified against were being released from prison," Gonell said.