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Senators Invite Past and Present Security Heads to Testify at Hearing on Capitol Breach

Senators Invite Past and Present Security Heads to Testify at Hearing on Capitol Breach Three former top security officials in Congress who resigned in the immediate wake of the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol have been invited to testify over their responsibilities in the incident before a panel of Senators next week. Following a failed effort from Congress to link former President Donald Trump’s speech to the breach of the Capitol building, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Rules committees on Tuesday announced plans to “examine the security failures” that led to the breach. The first joint hearings will be held at 10 a.m. on Feb. 23, and are expected to feature testimonies from former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, former Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger, and former House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving.

Capitol riot hearing announced with police, sergeant at arms, as senators examine security failures

It is unclear, at this point, if the officials will accept the invitation to testify.  The announcement of the hearing comes after Peters, Portman, Klobuchar, Blunt and a number of other Democrat and Republican Senate Committee leaders requested 22 agencies and departments to provide information related to the preparations for the response to the Capitol riot which took place during a joint session of Congress intended to certify the Electoral College results in favor of President Biden. The senators also requested information on the subsequent security failures. Sund resigned from his post on Jan. 7, the day following the Capitol riot. That resignation took effect on Jan. 16. 

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