Posted on 01/09/2021 9:35:34 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Senators on Friday announced a bipartisan probe into how the U.S. Capitol Police and other agencies allowed protesters to breach the Capitol building on Jan. 6.
“It is our duty as bipartisan leaders of the Senate committees with jurisdiction over homeland security, oversight and Capitol operations to examine the security failures that led to Wednesday’s attack,” Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), ranking member and member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, said in a joint statement.
“Let us be clear: An attack on the Capitol Building is an attack on every American. We plan to conduct oversight and hold bipartisan hearings on these horrific events, and work together to make the necessary reforms to ensure this never happens again,” they added.
Protesters stormed the Capitol while Congress was counting electoral votes. Five people died on Capitol grounds, including a U.S. Capitol Police officer and a protester who was shot by another officer.
Dozens were arrested and some 53 face charges, including 13 who were charged in federal court.
Focus on the breach has been twofold: the identities of the people who entered the Capitol, and how those people got past law enforcement supposed to be guarding the building.
Legislators on both sides of the aisle have been critical of security, primarily the U.S. Capitol Police, a federal law enforcement agency tasked with safeguarding Congress and congressional buildings.
The breach happened because of “enormous strategic and planning failures by the Capitol Police, by the sergeant at arms, and anybody else who was a part of coordinating this effort,” Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) told reporters during a virtual press conference this week.
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What about investigation of election fraud?
How about the security breaches of our electoral process???
Hahahahahahaha!
My exact thoughts as well! Somehow, I don’t think that will ever happen!
“What about investigation of election fraud?”
Yes the security breach that will bring in an illegitimate president and the greatest constitutional crisis in history.
Right Oh, you selfish bah-stards You worry about your safety and are on an investigation like white on rice. But nothing investigated about riots all spring summer and ongoing that put innocent citizens in danger. You all make me so sick!!!
Will they axe if Nazi ordered them to leave the doors open.
Oh thank goodness.
Heaven knows the politicians can’t do enough for themselves.
1.) Don't open the door and let the protesters in.
2.) Have more police on site because ANTIFA has threatened to disrupt.
3.)Don't shoot and kill the unarmed lady coming in through the broken window. Instead just grab her and arrest her.
......The breach happened because of “enormous strategic and planning failures by the Capitol Police, by the sergeant at arms, and anybody else who was a part of coordinating this effort,” .......
Actually, at least some Capital Police let people in!! There are videos to prove it!!!!
And some of the Capitol “stormers” were apparently AntiFa, BLM, and anti-Trump neo-Nazis!!!! (More video evidence!)
Moreover, the US Senate MUST investigate the “color revolution” that our beloved county has been subjected to!! That includes the election fraud and improprieties, the apparently staged attack on our Capitol, and th BLM/AntiFa riots in our cities !!!!
That’s not a “security failure.” That’s a case of NO security.
The reality of your post is why my mind goes numb daily.
Now there are four names that inspire confidence. Are any of these nitwits even smart enough to know that it’s not safe to eat a pickup truck?
The whole thing was a setup.
Security failures in cities across the nation...
They’ll get to it later.
With those four it will be a joke investigation with a predetermines result.
The Fox will investigate what happened to the hens.
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