Pelosi calls for security overhaul, 9/11-type commission to probe Capitol attack
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in a letter to colleagues Tuesday said there is need to pass a bill to increase emergency security funding. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 3 (UPI) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has announced a series of a measures to increase security for lawmakers in the wake of the assault on the Capitol building while calling for the creation of a commission to conduct a large-scale investigation into the terrorist mob attack on Jan. 6.
The California Democrat told her colleagues in a letter Tuesday night that they need to establish a 9/11-type commission to probe and report the causes and security failures that made it possible for a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump to breach the building, sending lawmakers certifying the election win of President Joe Biden into hiding.
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By Susan Jones | February 1, 2021 | 7:01am EST
Members of the National Guard stand at a security checkpoint near the US Capitol ahead of Joe Biden s inauguration on Jan. 20. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Fencing still surrounds the U.S. Capitol, while thousands of National Guard troops still patrol the grounds, at least through mid-March.
The show of force is intended to make a political point, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) told Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo: At this point, it feels like it s about props, politics and power, Zeldin said:
There s a narrative that Democrats want to push about January 6, and it representing 75 million voters of Donald Trump. What happened inside of the Capitol, you see Democrats trying to leverage that to be representative of something much greater than that.
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Dominic Pezzola, 43, also known as Spaz , was indicted Friday on charges including conspiracy, civil disorder and unlawfully entering restricted buildings
Prosecutors are calling for him to remain behind bars until his trial
Feds discovered a thumb drive containing detailed instructions on making guns, poisons and IEDS inside a room in his Rochester, New York, home
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