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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign on Monday called on voters to disavow violence as a viable part of this year’s campaign cycle, including comments made by his Republican opponent and former President Donald Trump. Former U.S. Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges and Biden-Harris Communications Director […] The post Biden campaign, Jan. 6 officers decry Trump use of ‘political violence’ in post of video appea

Erin Smith, whose husband Jeffrey Smith died days after suffering a traumatic brain injury in the Capitol attack, long advocated for the recognition for herself and others.

Erin Smith, whose husband Jeffrey Smith died days after suffering a traumatic brain injury in the Capitol attack, long advocated for the recognition for herself and others.

The US Department of Justice has designated the death of D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith - who took his own life after helping defend the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot - as having occurred in the line of duty, granting his widow access to hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal benefits.

A law amended last year makes it easier for families of officers who die by suicide to access death benefits, marking a shift in how the government treats first responders who suffer mental health crises arising from what they encounter on the job.