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A scathing new accusation shed light on alleged fail thursday may have worsened the january 6th insurrection. an nonious whistle-blower who identifies as a former high-ranking capitol police official says department leadership withheld vital intelligence and didn t act once the violence began. cnn s whitney wild is tracking this for us. whitney, what can you tell us about these really disturbing allegations. well, this left is extremely detailed. it s 16 pages. it was first reported by police coast guard, and it makes two major claims here, and it claims that two of the top u.s. capitol police officers failed to act on january 6th as the violence unfolded. the letter also says that former acting chief pitman lied to congress earlier this year. the whistle-blower says in the letter they are, again, a former high-rank officer with 31 years at the capitol police department. this person came forward because assistant now assistant chief ....
Whether to file criminal charges. picking up on the frustration i share and a lot of people share because there s just no consequences to any of this thus far. we ve seen congress get slow played. we have seen d justice take a gentle path. doj historically has not charged contempt of congress cases. who s going to step up here, who s going to show resolve or backbone. will it be the committee, doj and merrick garland or nobody. e lie honig, thank you very much. we re learning alarming details of failures of senior leaders in the capitol police in the lead up and after math of january 6th. cnn correspondent whitney wild is with us. we know these allegations are coming from a whistleblower who was a former high ranking capitol police official, right? reporter: that s right, and ....