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Erica. that is already a lot. that s not the end of it, though. 16 page, there s lot in here. reporter: that s right. another significant allegation is once the fighting broke out neither pittman nor gallagher took specific action. the whistle-blower claims to have been inside the command center for some time on january 6th and said what i observed was them mostly sitting there blankly looking at tv screens showing realtime footage of the officers and officials fighting for the congress. a law enforcement source defended those two officials saying they were focused on protecting lawmakers and points out even in the end not one member of congress was hurt. overall, the u.s. capitol police executive team, which includes gallagher and pitman, told cnn a lot has changed since january 6th, many of the problems outlined in the letter have been addressed under the new police chief. not the last we will hear about this matter. whitney wild, thank you. while the investigation into what ....
Specifically, the whistle-blower takes issue with what pittman told senate investigators. now, according to a senate report, pittman said the department had intelligence that showed that they knew as early as december 21st that people were commenting on a blog about confronting lawmakers and bringing weapons to the rally at the capitol on january 6th. she said that that information was shared with command staff. the whistle-blower says that is not true. here s the quote from the letter never shared wit the rest of the department, particularly those commanders with real operational experience. if provided, this information would have changed the paradigm of that day. a spokesman denied to politico that pittman lied to congress, boris. whitney, very serious allegations and there s a lot to parse through. what else did the whistle-blower say? reporter: it s a 16-page letter, extremely detailed. another significant allegation is once the fighting broke out neither pittman nor gallagh ....