public reporting and witness accounts indicate some individuals and groups engaged in efforts to gather information about the layout of the u.s. capitol as well as the house and senate office buildings in advance of january 6, 2021. they re talking about tours like the ones referenced by congresswoman sheryl in the days just after the insurrection. it was a shocking allegation in those ensuing days and one that raised some of the earliest questions about premeditation of that brutal attack on the capitol. the questions about whether or not sitting members of congress were involved in any way, shape or form in this nearly unprecedented attack on our country. here is congresswoman mikie cheryl back then. those that i saw on january 5th. those members of congress that incited this violent crowd. those members of congress that attempted to help our president undermine our democracy and i ll make sure they are held accountable and if necessary make sure that they don t serve in
This is a quote from the loudermilk ethics complaint against congresswoman sherrill within 48 hours of the insurrection. it says this, no republican member of congress led any kind of reconnaissance tours through the capitol proven by security footage captured by the u.s. capitol police. can you explain to me the chain of custody for that security footage captured by the u.s. capitol police? was it a committee that he was on? did he have the authority to say i ll watch it? what would that process have been that would have been the basis for screening, and leading him to issue that denial that again, the 1/4 committee today calls a lie. that is a really good question, nicole, because at this point republicans do not have the majority and since their members are ranking members and are committee chairs they do lack the subpoena power