After Michael Fanone, who was attacked during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault, called Trump an “authoritarian,” his mother was “swatted” at her Virginia home.

Former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone, who was brutally assaulted while defending the U.S. Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot, has spoken out against Trump’s recent decision to pardon ...

Fanone’s mother was swatted at her home in May just hours after he made critical remarks about Trump. He’s received so much harassment that he’s stopped reporting it to the authorities.

Former police officer Michael Fanone, who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, said he “fully expects” to “experience violence” directed at him after Trump pardons.

At one point during the attack, Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone found himself lying stunned and injured on the ground of the U.S. Capitol building.

Donald Trump's blanket pardon for Jan. 6 rioters included some of the most violent offenders convicted of crimes related to the attack.

The decisive election of Donald Trump on Tuesday sent a clear message to officers who protected the Capitol from rioters on Jan. 6, 2021.

WATCH: Former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone, who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is is interviewed by Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist Michael Paul Williams.