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The letter, released on Monday, added that the board s structure is flawed, leading to slow reactions to crises and politically driven decision-making.
Ex-Capitol Police chief Steven Sund has said that he asked the now-former House and Senate sergeants-at-arms ahead of Jan. 6 for permission to request placing the D.C. National Guard on standby in case police needed reinforcements to help control the expected pro-Trump crowd. Sund has said both sergeants-at-arms turned down his request, with Paul Irving, the House sergeant-at-arms at the time, saying he wasn t comfortable with the optics of formally making an emergency declaration ahead of the Electoral College proceedings.