Capitol Police chief apologises for security failures during the assault

>>Luke Broadwater, Emily Cochrane and Adam Goldman, The New York Times
Published: 27 Jan 2021 12:59 AM BdST
Updated: 27 Jan 2021 12:59 AM BdST
Tear gas is released into a crowd of protesters, with one wielding a Confederate battle flag that reads "Come and Take It," during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US. presidential election results by the US Congress, at the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. REUTERS
The acting chief of the Capitol Police apologised to Congress on Tuesday for the agency’s massive security failures Jan 6, acknowledging during a closed-door briefing that the department knew there was a “strong potential for violence” but failed to take adequate steps to prevent what she described as a “terrorist attack.”

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