2021年1月6日，两名互相昵称为“爸爸”和“儿子”的警察在他们的车上装满了饭菜和一根木棍，见了一个邻居，然后从弗吉尼亚州的落基山开车前往华盛顿特区据称袭击了国会大厦戴着防毒面具，在雕像旁照了张相，然后开车回家，讨论“下一场内战”。

周三下午，他们都出现在距离国会大厦几码远的华盛顿联邦法院。其中一人作为美国检察官办公室的证人出庭作证。另一个是被告。

作为Jacob Fracker的一部分突袭国会大厦的认罪协议周三，他在一起针对他的老朋友和前同事托马斯·罗伯逊的案件中作证反对美国检察官办公室。他在作证时证实，他希望因配合审判而获得更宽大的判决。

"你能告诉我们你今天在这里的感受吗?"一名美国律师在作证开始时问Fracker。

“我绝对讨厌这样，”弗拉克尔声音颤抖地说，并补充说他“从未想过会是这样。”

“为什么你从来没想过事情会变成这样?”律师问。

“我总是站在事情的另一边，”Fracker回应道。“可以说是好人的一面。”

该证词是在罗伯逊审判的第二天发表的，据称他面临五项重罪和一项轻罪1月6日突袭国会大厦毁掉他的手机。包括警察和联邦调查局特工在内的目击者指着那天的录像，不时在短暂的冲突中认出罗伯逊。

罗伯逊的律师说，他被一名官员邀请进入国会大厦，只停留了10分钟，没有攻击任何人或造成任何损害。

Fracker与Robertson广泛地谈论了这次旅行的积累和后果。比他大17岁的罗伯逊是Fracker部队的导师，两人都有军方背景。

"你和他的这种关系是你今天紧张的部分原因吗?"一名美国检察官问道。

“当然，”弗拉克尔说。

骚乱一周后，两人被捕，但都被落基山警察局解雇，此后他们一直保持着密切的关系。

Fracker说他在暴乱后的几天里把他的手机给了Robertson，以“摆脱它”他周三说他不知道发生了什么。

Fracker认定Robertson有一根木棍，这已成为审判的关键组成部分。控方称他将它用作武器，而罗伯逊的律师辩称，由于在服兵役期间受伤，他将它用作拐杖。几名目击者说，视频显示他在“港口武器”位置使用它，这是军队和警察用来推开别人的防御战术。

他说，就在罗伯逊向Fracker发出“非正式邀请”的几天前，两人决定去国会大厦。两人认为选举是从前总统唐纳德·特朗普那里偷来的，他们想施加压力推翻选举结果。

这两个人把枪和他们的警徽装在他们穿过弗吉尼亚的汽车里，但最终决定把它们留在车里。Fracker说，由于对该行业的敌意，他们对表明自己是警察持谨慎态度。

回忆起1月6日的一次简短互动，Fracker说，他试图将自己置身于他认为与他们的团体和一群暴徒分开的警察之间。他说，其中一人失去了头部保护，人群“失去了控制”律师问他进入国会大厦后是否试图帮助警察，他说没有。他在证词中说，然后他穿过国会大厦，经过碎玻璃，掀翻家具和警报器，并在与罗伯逊团聚后拍照。

两人都在社交媒体上发布了帖子，这些帖子被用作法庭上的证据。

罗伯逊写道:“CNN和左派很生气，因为我们攻击的是有问题的政府，而不是一些随机的小企业。”。

在脸书，Fracker写道，“对那些可能关心我四处走动的照片的人哈哈大笑...抱歉我讨厌自由?...我没有做任何违法的事...你们做你们觉得需要做的……”

提到他的社交媒体帖子，这位美国检察官问道:你今天仍然有这种感觉吗，你坐在这里感觉如何?

“那些视频中的人，那天的照片，当时都是娱乐和游戏，”Fracker说。“最近，有人向我展示了它的本来面目。我不是那样的人。我不是这样行事的。”

“我知道一个事实，如果我妈妈看到我那天在做什么，她会打我一巴掌，”他补充道。“所以我今天坐在这里只是为我的行为感到羞耻。我没必要做那些事。但我做到了。”

Fracker将于周四上午接受罗伯逊律师的交叉质询。

2 former officers stormed the Capitol together. Now, one is a witness against the other.

On Jan. 6, 2021, two police officers who nicknamed each other "dad" and "son" loaded their car with meals and a wooden stick, met with a neighbor and drove from Rocky Mount, Virginia, to Washington, D.C. Theyallegedly stormed the Capitolwith gas masks, took a picture next to a statue and drove home discussing the "next civil war."

On Wednesday afternoon, they both showed up at D.C. Federal Court, yards away from the Capitol. One took the stand as a witness for the U.S. Attorney's Office. The other was the defendant.

As part of Jacob Fracker'splea deal for storming the Capitol, he testified on Wednesday against the U.S. Attorney's Office in a case against his longtime friend and former colleague Thomas Robertson. He hopes to gain a more lenient sentence for cooperating with the trial, he confirmed during his testimony.

"Could you tell us how you're feeling about being here today?" a U.S. attorney asked Fracker at the beginning of testimony.

"I absolutely hate this," Fracker said in a shaky voice, adding he "never thought it would be like this."

"Why did you never think this is what it would be like?" the attorney asked.

"I've always been on the other side of things," Fracker responded. "The good guy side, so to speak."

The testimony came on day two of the trial for Robertson, who faces five felonies and one misdemeanor after allegedlystorming the Capitol on Jan. 6and destroying his cellphone. Witnesses, including police officers and FBI agents, have pointed to footage from that day, at times identifying Robertson in brief skirmishes.

Robertson's lawyer has said he was invited into the Capitol by an officer, stayed for only 10 minutes and didn't assault anyone or cause any damage.

Fracker talked extensively about the buildup and aftermath of the trip with Robertson. Robertson, who is 17 years older, served as a mentor on the force for Fracker, both of whom had military ties.

"Is this relationship you have with him part of why you're nervous today?" a U.S. attorney asked.

"Absolutely," Fracker said.

The two stayed close after they were both fired from the Rocky Mount Police Department following their arrests a week after the riot.

Fracker said he gave his phone to Robertson in the days following the riot to "get rid of it." He said Wednesday he does not know what happened to it.

Fracker identified Robertson as having a wooden stick, which has become a key component of the trial. The prosecution says that he used it as a weapon, while Robertson's counsel has argued that he used it as a walking stick due to injuries sustained during his military duty. Video shows him using it in a "port arms" position, a military and police defensive tactic used to push past others, several witnesses said.

The two decided to go to the Capitol just a few days before after Robertson extended a "casual invite" to Fracker, he said. The two believed that the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, and they wanted to mount pressure to overturn the results.

The two packed guns and their police badges in the car they drove through Virginia, but ultimately decided to leave them in the vehicle. They were wary about identifying themselves as police officers due to hostility toward those in the profession, Fracker said.

Recalling one brief interaction from Jan. 6, Fracker said he attempted to place himself in between officers that he believed were separated from their group and a crowd of rioters. One of them was missing head protection, he said, and the crowd was "wildly getting out of hand." The attorney asked him if he tried to help police once he entered the Capitol, and he said he did not. He then walked through the Capitol, past broken glass, flipped furniture and alarms, and took pictures once he reunited with Robertson, he said during testimony.

The two both made social media posts that were used as exhibits in court.

"CNN and the Left are just mad because we attacked the government who is the problem and not some random small business," Robertson wrote.

On Facebook, Fracker posted, "Lol to anyone who's possibly concerned about the picture of me going around... Sorry I hate freedom? ...Not like I did anything illegal...y'all do what you feel you need to..."

Referencing his social media posts, the U.S. attorney asked: Do you still feel that way today, and how do you feel sitting here?

"The person in those videos, the photos that day, at the time it was all fun and games," Fracker said. "Here lately, I've had it presented to me or shown to me for what it is. That's not the person I am. That's not how I act."

"I know for a fact my mom would slap me in the face if she saw what I was doing that day," he added. "So I sit here today just ashamed of my actions. I didn't have to do all that stuff. But I did."

Fracker is set to be cross-examined by Robertson's counsel on Thursday morning.