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Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, Chairman Bennie Thompson and Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren for a press conference on legislation to establish an independent, bipartisan 9/11-style Commission to investigate the January 6th attack as well as provide $1.9 billion in emergency security supplemental funding to secure the Capitol.
Capitol Police leadership held back some equipment during riot-official
Reuters | Apr 15, 2021 10:21 PM EDT
A mob of supporters of then-U.S. President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., (Photo : REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo)
Police officers defending the U.S. Capitol against an attack by Donald Trump s supporters might have quelled the violence sooner had their leadership not blocked them from using weapons like sting-ball grenades, a watchdog testified on Thursday.
Michael Bolton, the U.S. Capitol Police inspector general, told the House of Representatives Administration Committee that such equipment, which release dozens of small, stinging balls, would have provided a better posture to repel the attacks.
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