Outgoing US Capitol Police chief says his effort to get help was thwarted
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Outgoing US Capitol Police chief says his effort to get help was thwarted
Reuters / Jan 11, 2021, 16:16 IST
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Supporters of President Donald Trump scale a wall on the Senate side of the Capitol Building, on Jan 6 (NYT)
The outgoing chief of the US Capitol Police said House of Representatives and Senate security officials had thwarted his efforts to call in the National Guard, contradicting assertions from other officials who said the force had not asked for help.
The former chief of the federal force, Steven Sund, told the Washington Post his supervisors were reluctant to take formal steps to put the Guard on call even as police intelligence suggested that the crowd President Donald Trump had invited to Washington to protest against his defeat was probably going to be much larger than earlier demonstrations.
U.S. House of Representatives Democrats plan a vote on Monday to urge Vice President Mike Pence to take steps to remove President Donald Trump from office after his supporters' deadly storming of the Capitol, before attempting to impeach him again.