政府立法机关米特·罗姆尼我不知道带领他远离暴徒的国会警察的身份，直到前总统上任第二天播放了一段令人痛心的片段唐纳德·特朗普s弹劾审判。
当这位犹他州参议员得知这位官员是尤金·古德曼(Eugene Goodman)时，罗姆尼感谢这位官员让他远离伤害。1月6日，古德曼因带领暴徒离开参议院大门而被誉为英雄。
“我对他帮助我并让我回到安全的道路上表示感谢，并对他那天所做的一切表示感谢，”罗姆尼周三在审判休会后告诉美国广播公司新闻。
古德曼告诉罗姆尼，当起义发生时，他已经筋疲力尽，从大楼的一个地方走到另一个地方，爬上爬下几层楼梯，穿过一团团熊喷雾和催泪瓦斯，感到恶心。
罗姆尼说，在国会大厦的路障被突破之前，他的保镖通过短信警告他外面有暴力人群。他说，在罗姆尼收到另一条消息称暴徒已经进入后，他前往位于二楼的藏身处，向众议院走去。
他说，当罗姆尼走进大厅时，没有人在那里，包括他的保镖。
“但是古德曼警官来看我，他说，‘回去吧。这里不安全。“回去吧，你在密室里会更安全，”罗姆尼说。
在审判过程中，罗姆尼说，当他冒险进入走廊时，他没有意识到自己离暴徒如此之近，他不知道是古德曼把他带到了安全的地方。
“我真的很幸运，古德曼警官在那里帮我找到了正确的方向，”罗姆尼说。
古德曼因其在国会大厦被围困当天的行动而受到表扬。这位退伍军人被陆军部长和参谋长悄悄地授予杰出公共服务奖。
三名国会议员提出一项议案授予古德曼国会金质奖章“表彰他的勇敢和敏捷的思维”
古德曼也是在护送副总统贺锦丽时被授予荣誉副军士长和她的丈夫，第二绅士道格·埃姆霍夫，参加了1月20日乔·拜登的总统就职典礼。
Mitt Romney thanks Capitol Officer Eugene Goodman for leading him away from rioters
Sen. Mitt Romney did not know the identity of the Capitol Police officer who led him away from rioters until a clip of the harrowing moment was played during the second day of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
When the Utah senator learned that the officer was Eugene Goodman -- hailed a hero for leading the mob away from the entrance to the Senate floor on Jan. 6 -- Romney thanked the officer for keeping him out of harm's way.
"I expressed my appreciation to him for coming to my aid and getting me back into the path of safety and expressed my appreciation for all that he did that day," Romney told ABC News on Wednesday after the trial adjourned for the day.
Goodman told Romney that when the insurrection was taking place, he had been exhausted and nauseated from going from one part of the building to the other, up and down multiple flights of stairs and through clouds of bear spray and tear gas.
Romney said that before the barricades on Capitol Hill were breached, his bodyguard warned him via text message of the violent crowd outside. After Romney received another text stating the mob had gotten inside, he headed to his hideaway, located on the second floor toward the House chamber, he said.
When Romney got into the hall no one was there, including his bodyguard, he said.
"But Officer Goodman came and saw me and he said, 'Go back in. It's not safe here. Go back in and you'll be safer in the chamber,'" Romney said.
During the trial, Romney said that he did not realize he was so close to the rioters when he ventured into the hallway and that he didn't know it was Goodman who directed him to safety.
"I was very fortunate indeed that Officer Goodman was there to get me in the right direction," Romney said.
Goodman has been praised for his actions on the day of the Capitol siege. The Army veteran was quietly awarded the Distinguished Public Service Award by both the secretary and chief of staff of the Army.
Three members of Congress introduced a bill to honor Goodman with the Congressional Gold Medal "for his bravery and quick thinking."
Goodman also was made an honorary deputy sergeant at arms when he escorted Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, into Joe Biden's presidential inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20.
