{"id":4203,"date":"2021-01-11T20:22:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T20:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2021-01-11T20:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T20:22:50","slug":"where-things-stand-with-the-investigation-into-capitol-security-failings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4203","title":{"rendered":"Where things stand with the investigation into Capitol security failings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“In the days since the infiltration,\u00a0footage<\/a>\u00a0that Ryan called \u201cdisturbing\u201d has emerged of Capitol Police officers standing by while pro-Trump insurrectionists file into the building. Other clips, including one where an officer appears to\u00a0take a selfie<\/a>\u00a0with one of the rioters, have also elicited concern on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Additionally,\u00a0the New York Times reported Thursday<\/a>\u00a0that a Capitol Police officer offered rioters directions to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s office, while another rioter\u00a0told CNN<\/a>, \u201cThe cops were very cool. They were like, \u2018Hey guys, have a good night.\u2019 … You can see that some of them are on our side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Those reports emerge as a growing number of House Democrats express concern about how events unfolded Wednesday. On Friday, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn\u00a0told SiriusXM<\/a>\u00a0that rioters \u201cwent where you won\u2019t find my name, but they found where I was supposed to be,\u201d noting that they found his unmarked office, in which he says he does most of his work, while seeming to pass over his ceremonial one. \u201cSo something else was going on untoward here,\u201d Clyburn said.”\u00a0
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“Beyond specific worries about potential internal USCP support for the rioters, some members of Congress have pointed out the\u00a0jarring disparity<\/a>\u00a0in police use of force between Wednesday\u2019s attack and Black Lives Matter protests in DC last summer.”\u00a0
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“Whatever the reason, Democrats appear set on ensuring accountability for this week\u2019s failures by the Capitol Police and other congressional security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was a strategic breakdown, for sure,\u201d Ryan told reporters Wednesday<\/a> after the siege. \u201cYou can bet your ass we\u2019re going to get to the bottom of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And there has already been a leadership shakeup. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund submitted his resignation<\/a> Thursday amid sustained criticism, and after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for him to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senate sergeant-at-arms also\u00a0resigned<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week after Schumer said he\u00a0planned to fire him<\/a>\u00a0upon becoming majority leader on January 20. Pelosi, meanwhile, indicated at her weekly Thursday press conference that a resignation from the House sergeant-at-arms would be forthcoming.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/1\/9\/22222375\/democrats-ryan-investigate-capitol-security-failings-trump-riot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“In the days since the infiltration, footage that Ryan called \u201cdisturbing\u201d has emerged of Capitol Police officers standing by while pro-Trump insurrectionists file into the building. Other clips, including one where an officer appears to take a selfie with one of the rioters, have also elicited concern on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the New York Times reported Thursday that a Capitol Police officer offered rioters directions to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s office, while another rioter told CNN, \u201cThe cops were very cool. They were like, \u2018Hey guys, have a good night.\u2019 … You can see that some of them are on our side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those reports emerge as a growing number of House Democrats express concern about how events unfolded Wednesday. On Friday, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn told SiriusXM that rioters \u201cwent where you won\u2019t find my name, but they found where I was supposed to be,\u201d noting that they found his unmarked office, in which he says he does most of his work, while seeming to pass over his ceremonial one. \u201cSo something else was going on untoward here,\u201d Clyburn said.” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Beyond specific worries about potential internal USCP support for the rioters, some members of Congress have pointed out the jarring disparity in police use of force between Wednesday\u2019s attack and Black Lives Matter protests in DC last summer.” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Whatever the reason, Democrats appear set on ensuring accountability for this week\u2019s failures by the Capitol Police and other congressional security.
\n\u201cThere was a strategic breakdown, for sure,\u201d Ryan told reporters Wednesday after the siege. \u201cYou can bet your ass we\u2019re going to get to the bottom of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

And there has already been a leadership shakeup. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund submitted his resignation Thursday amid sustained criticism, and after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for him to do so.<\/p>\n

The Senate sergeant-at-arms also resigned earlier this week after Schumer said he planned to fire him upon becoming majority leader on January 20. Pelosi, meanwhile, indicated at her weekly Thursday press conference that a resignation from the House sergeant-at-arms would be forthcoming.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[336,1138,1145,1135,1133,285,1134],"class_list":["post-4203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-attack","tag-capitol-building","tag-capitol-police","tag-insurrection","tag-mob","tag-police","tag-riot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4204,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions\/4204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}