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Capitol Police command broke down as mob violence escalated
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The acting head of the U.S. Capitol Police force said the department s command structure broke down as the mob assault on the building rapidly escalated in intensity and overwhelmed the first lines of defense.
Asked by lawmakers about communication failures during the Jan. 6 siege, Yogananda Pittman described a chaotic scene as the crowd of supporters of former President Donald Trump broke through barriers and engaged in the hand-to-hand combat with police officers and the department s commanders rushed to help. Those operational commanders at the time were so overwhelmed, they started to participate and assist the officers with boots on the ground, versus providing that guidance and direction, Pittman said Thursday at a hearing of the House Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee.
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Ex-police chief says his request for National Guard was denied 2 days before Capitol riot
CNBC 2/23/2021 Dan Mangan
The former chief of the U.S. Capitol Police is set to tell Congress that he asked the sergeants-at-arms of the Senate and House on Jan. 4 to request the presence of the National Guard at a joint session of Congress two days later for protection.
But both sergeants-at-arms effectively denied that request by then-Chief Steven Sund, which came two days before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot by a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump, according to a copy of testimony that Sund is scheduled to give Tuesday.
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