Police Investigating Whether Lawmakers Gave Rioters Tour of Capitol Before Siege
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March 24, 2021, 11:00 a.m. ETMarch 24, 2021, 11:00 a.m. ET
The Capitol Police are looking into whether members of Congress inappropriately gave visitors access to the Capitol ahead of last week’s assault. Vice President Mike Pence called Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to offer assistance.
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Pelosi: Security Requires ‘Truth and Trust’
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that if any House members had acted as accomplices to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, they would face consequences.
When we’re talking about security, we have to talk about truth and trust. In order to serve here with each other, we must trust that people have respect for their oath of office, respect for this institution. We must trust each other. If, in fact, it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crime,
WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on President Donald Trump's impeachment and the fallout from the Jan. 6 attack of the Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local): 9:50 p.m. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is condemning the assault on the U.S. Capitol in his formal letter of resignation. Azar says he will resign at noon on Jan. 20, when President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in. Azar wrote in his letter to President Donald Trump, dated Jan. 12: “The attacks on the Capitol were an assault on our democracy and on the tradition of peaceful transitions of power that the United