The revelation explodes the false claim made in the Select Committee's final report that there was no “intentional delay” to deploy military assets to the Capitol during Trump’s coup.
WASHINGTON In a new firsthand account of the frantic efforts of Capitol Police officers to protect Congress and themselves from an armed mob on Jan. 6, 2021, the department s former chief blames cascading government failures for allowing the brutal melee.
The former chief of the Capitol Police says the government failed to heed clear signs of a violent plot targeting the Capitol, or to quickly mobilize on Jan. 6 to save lives.