January 6 officers and relatives snub top Republicans at gold medal ceremony

Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy denounced as two-faced' by Brian Sicknick's mother at Congressional Gold Medal event

Senior Republicans Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy were snubbed by law enforcement leaders and a fallen officer's family at Tuesday's Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony for Capitol police who defended against the 6 January attacks.

The pair were denounced as two-faced" by the mother of Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after a mob of Donald Trump supporters ransacked the Capitol building and forced politicians to flee for their lives.