... [+]
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on February 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. The committees are hearing testimony about the law enforcement preparation for and response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Many key questions remain about the security failures that allowed a pro-Trump mob to overrun the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund has repeatedly claimed he approached the House and Senate sergeants-at-arms two days before the attack about placing the D.C. National Guard on standby, but said the request was turned down due to the “optics” of the deployment. Maj. Gen. William Walker, the acting chief of the D.C.
Both the Department of Defense and the House sergeant-of-arms are denying the National Guard was requested ahead of time. House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul D. Irving testified last month that Sund didn’t make a formal request during their conversation on Jan. 4, saying they had discussed “whether the intelligence warranted the troops,” but decided “the answer was no.” A
published by the Department of Defense notes the U.S. Capitol Police confirmed there was “no requirement” for the department’s support on Jan. 4. Sund said in his testimony that he initially requested National Guard troops in a phone call with the House sergeant-at-arms at 1:09 p.m., roughly 30 minutes after Trump supporters first broke into the Capitol, and then followed up at 1:22 p.m. “to check on the status of the request.
Trump TrumpIsGuilty
good luck
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.