Biden, Harris pay respects to Capitol officer killed in riot
Sicknick died after an insurrectionist mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, interrupting the electoral count after then-President Donald Trump urged them to โfight like hellโ to overturn his defeat. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sicknick was a patriot who will be remembered by lawmakers each day as they enter the Capitol. Both Biden, who visited Tuesday night, and Harris on Wednesday laid their hands on the urn in remembrance. Also in attendance was Wenling Chestnut, widow of slain Capitol Police Officer Jacob Chestnut, one of two Capitol Police officers killed by a gunman in 1998. Chestnut and the other officer who was killed, John Gibson, also lay in honor after their deaths.