Senate holds hearing into January Capitol attack by Trump supporters

[BidenPresident]

Senate holds hearing on security failures from Capitol insurrection

The Senate homeland security committee and the Senate rules committee is now holding the joint hearing on the security failures that caused the Capitol insurrection.

Several law enforcement leaders -- former Capitol Police chief Steven Sund, acting Metropolitan Police Department chief Robert Contee, former House sergeant at arms Paul Irving and former Senate sergeant at arms Michael Stenger -- will testify at the hearing.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...s-live-updates

[BidenPresident]

Second, unlike any other jurisdiction in the country, the President of the United States, not the Mayor of the District of Columbia, controls the DC National Guard (DCNG). Any request submitted by the Mayor to mobilize the DCNG must be approved by the President and the scope of the request must be limited to supporting the District’s local jurisdiction and authority, which excludes federal entities and property

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[BidenPresident]

Robert Contee, the acting chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, offered an hour-by-hour timeline of how his officers responded to the Capitol insurrection.

The MPD chief said his officers “immediately” responded when the US Capitol Police requested assistance.

Contee added he was “surprised” by the reluctance from the department of the army to deploy the National Guard to respond to the Capitol attack after the building was breached.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...s-live-updates

[BidenPresident]

Steven Sund, the former chief of the US Capitol Police, said his officers were outnumbered by the insurrectionists, who deployed dangerous weapons against law enforcement on January 6.

“These criminals came prepared for war,” Sund said.

Sund announced his resignation from the USCP the day after the Capitol insurrection, amid widespread criticism of his handling of the attack.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...s-live-updates

[NiftyNiblick]

The Senate has 50 mutant trumpanzees plus Dino Joe Manchin.
Schumer's leadership is very tenttive.
The shitstain Manchin is going to change sides any minute.
And when seditionist/insurrectionist trumpanzee shitstains control the senate, America just flows further down the drain of history's toilet.

An independent commission with a seditionist senate is no different than a Mueller investigation. Regardless of what's revealed, nothing will come of it.
Manchin is undoing the Georgia Miracle.
And West Virginia is one of four or five states competing desperately to be the anus of our failing nation.

[BidenPresident]

The Senate has 50 mutant trumpanzees plus Dino Joe Manchin.
Schumer's leadership is very tenttive.
The shitstain Manchin is going to change sides any minute.
And when seditionist/insurrectionist trumpanzee shitstains control the senate, America just flows further down the drain of history's toilet.

An independent commission with a seditionist senate is no different than a Mueller investigation. Regardless of what's revealed, nothing will come of it.
Manchin is undoing the Georgia Miracle.
And West Virginia is one of four or five states competing desperately to be the anus of our failing nation.

The hearing is very informative. In fact, the rally never had a permit to assemble there.

[NiftyNiblick]

The hearing is very informative. In fact, the rally never had a permit to assemble there.

"Informative" will be the extent of its efficacy.
It will precipitate no action because we'll never have a functional government.
Our imperfect constitution doesn't allow it.
It created the most inefficient democracy on the face of the earth.

[archives]

Fox ain’t covering it, got to be one of few news outlets not showing the hearings live, instead, they are mentioning it in between attacks on Fauci, Cuomo, and school openings. However, in their scant mentioning including comments from “regular contributors” who pretty much imply it is Pelosi’s fault

[BidenPresident]

Fox ain’t covering it, got to be one of few news outlets not showing the hearings live, instead, they are mentioning it in between attacks on Fauci, Cuomo, and school openings. However, in their scant mentioning including comments from “regular contributors” who pretty much imply it is Pelosi’s fault

who cares about FOX

[Nordberg]

Steven Sund, the former chief of the US Capitol Police, said his officers were outnumbered by the insurrectionists, who deployed dangerous weapons against law enforcement on January 6.

“These criminals came prepared for war,” Sund said.

Sund announced his resignation from the USCP the day after the Capitol insurrection, amid widespread criticism of his handling of the attack.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...s-live-updates

Many wore helmets, flak jackets and carried bear spray and communication devices for organization. It was a planned insurrection.

[BidenPresident]

Many wore helmets, flak jackets and carried bear spray and communication devices for organization. It was a planned insurrection.

They never had a permit to assemble in the first place.

[Micawber]

Many wore helmets, flak jackets and carried bear spray and communication devices for organization. It was a planned insurrection.

Of course, and the right wing extremist militias used the angry disorganized mob for cover... They couldn't be in nice columns like Roman legions.
They approached Trojan horse style...egged people on, broke some glass, made nice with some cops, worked their way in, pushed didn't retreat,
took that which was ceded, and they were in. Not to say any of these goofballs were rocket scientists. More like bums rushing the stage at a Ted Nugent concert
but with political mal purpose.

[Phantasmal]

Senate holds hearing on security failures from Capitol insurrection

The Senate homeland security committee and the Senate rules committee is now holding the joint hearing on the security failures that caused the Capitol insurrection.

Several law enforcement leaders -- former Capitol Police chief Steven Sund, acting Metropolitan Police Department chief Robert Contee, former House sergeant at arms Paul Irving and former Senate sergeant at arms Michael Stenger -- will testify at the hearing.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...s-live-updates

It’s ridiculous how Ron Johnson is trying to portray the insurrection as a peaceful protest. He’s a joke.

[BidenPresident]

It’s ridiculous how Ron Johnson is trying to portray the insurrection as a peaceful protest. He’s a joke.

Yes, even at this stage, he is acting like a fool.

[Phantasmal]

who cares about FOX

We all should, they provide a lot of people with their only news, therefore, they are not well informed. They believe the Ron Johnson version of the story.