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US Senate Honors Police Officer Who Protected Lawmakers in Riot

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - After hours of heated arguments in former President Donald
   Trump's impeachment trial, lawmakers found a rare moment of consensus
   when the U.S. Senate voted on Friday to award the highest honor
   Congress can bestow to one of the police officers who responded to the
   January 6 Capitol siege.

   By unanimous consent, the Senate passed a measure to give the
   Congressional Gold Medal to officer Eugene Goodman of the U.S. Capitol
   Police force.

   Goodman steered rioters away from lawmakers as a pro-Trump mob rampaged
   through the Capitol while Congress gathered to formally certify
   President Joe Biden's election victory. In video shown during the
   trial, Goodman was seen directing Senator Mitt Romney out of harm's
   way.

   "Here in this trial, we saw new video, powerful video, showing calmness
   under pressure, his courage in the line of duty, his foresight in the
   midst of chaos, and his willingness to make himself a target of the
   mob's rage so that others might reach safety," Senate Majority Leader
   Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, said on the Senate floor.

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