“Brave police officers attempted to defend stores, apartment buildings, churches, hotels, several of their own precincts and courthouses and even a Ronald McDonald House from looting, arson and vandalism,” she said, adding that one officer was paralyzed and countless others suffered “horrific” injuries.
Her comments came the same day four police officers testified to a House select committee about the violence they encountered when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
Both the Senate and House judiciary committees have launched investigations into the events leading up to the Jan. 6 riots and into accusations that Trump officials pressured the Justice Department to challenge the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
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The House votes to increase the number of visas for Afghans who have helped U.S. troops.
Representative Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger, spearheaded legislation that would expand the number of visas available to Afghans who helped the U.S. military during the 20-year war.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
The House voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to expand a visa program for Afghans who are facing retribution for helping American troops and diplomats during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, moving to allow more of them to immigrate to the United States quickly as the Biden administration races to evacuate them.
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J. Thomas Manger, seen here testifying during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in December 2017, will take over as the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police on Friday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
WASHINGTON, DC The U.S. Capitol Police officially named J. Thomas Manger as its new chief on Thursday, putting a veteran police official in charge of an agency still recovering from the events of Jan. 6 when supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol complex.
The Capitol Police Board, the governing body of the Capitol Police, said it is confident in Manger s experience and approach to protecting members of Congress and the Capitol s employees, visitors and facilities. Manger will take over as chief of the Capitol Police on Friday.