The videos – which show graphic moments of rioters beating police with metal poles, stolen shields and chemical sprays – highlight some of the more shocking moments of the riot, such as when the crowd worked to cross a police line to get through a lower arch to press into the Capitol building.
Even though there are so many arrests and footage documenting the siege, the FBI’s release and request shows the public for help in identifying the people in the video as they continue to pursue cases of severe violence by the Trump crowd. .
The FBI’s release on Thursday is consistent with clips of rioters, whose faces are difficult to see clearly when they hit police, spray or seize, with clearer images of faces in the crowd.
The Justice Department has charged more than 65 people with assaulting law enforcement, but is still seeking information to identify others involved in the uprising, according to a press release Thursday. The assault cases are among the most serious among more than 300 people arrested on charges as a result of the riots in the Capitol, in which five people were killed, including a U.S. police officer in the Capitol, and more than 100 police officers were injured.
Many of the ten clips released on Thursday are extremely disturbing. One shows a protester grabbing an officer by the helmet and repeatedly hitting his head against a door stop.
In one 22-second clip, a man in a pattern with a blue mask is seen over his mouth as he pushes the face of an officer at one of the entrances to the Capitol. In a 38-second video, a man with a yellow face mask and a red backpack is seen officers repeatedly hitting him with a stick.
And in a 56-second clip, a man is seen looking like a tree branch to slam on officers preventing the crowd from entering the Capitol.
The longest video released Thursday shows three-minute camera footage of a man attacking attackers in a black, red and white jacket while another riot was on the ground. An officer used a shock gun to repel the man.
In another video, a man in a water blue jacket jacket with a dark blue hood walks up stairs looking out over an area with several identifiable law enforcement officers. The unidentified man is seen spraying a cloud of smoke on the officers and walking away.
“The FBI is asking for the public’s help in identifying ten individuals who were allegedly involved in some of the most violent attacks on officers who protected the U.S. Capitol and our Democratic process on January 6,” said Steven M. D’Antuono, assistant director. in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, said in a statement. ‘These individuals are seen on video committing serious crimes against those who have dedicated their lives to protecting the American people.
Fanone told CNN earlier this year that he was stabbed several times in the neck, beaten with a flagpole and heard people shout, “Kill him with his own gun,” while rioters tried to pull his weapon out of his holster.
CNN’s Evan Perez and Devan Cole contributed to this report.