Daniel Hodges thinks of himself as an introvert — he's soft-spoken and says he's averse to the spotlight. At night, he's a local police officer in Washington, D.C. But during his off-duty hours this year, Hodges has become a unique and very public advocate on Capitol Hill.

He told CBS News he's trying to be a firewall to block the whitewashing of the history of the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol siege.

"The only thing that will stop me is if people stop lying about Jan. 6 and just acknowledge what the day was and what really transpired," Hodges said.

He was among the more than 140 police officers injured while trying to stop the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

With Republicans now in control of the White House and Congress and some in the party downplaying the severity of the Capitol siege, ther

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