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Officer Brian Sicknick was among five people killed in the Jan. 6 chaos. Another two officers who responded to the bloody attack died of suicide days later.
FBI and intel agencies hand over first documents to lawmakers ahead of Capitol attack hearings next week
Updated 12:43 PM ET, Fri February 19, 2021
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Washington (CNN)House investigators have received the first batch of documents they requested from the FBI and intelligence agencies as part of their ongoing probe into security failures around the January 6 US Capitol attack, according to an official from one of the committees investigating the matter.
The FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center provided materials in response to a detailed request from January 16 made by four House committees that are conducting a joint investigation of the events surrounding the attack. The review is focused on three main questions: what did federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies know before, during and after the attack? How did foreign adversaries seek to exploit the event? And
The United States Capitol Police has suspended six officers and is investigating a total of nearly 30 others in connection with their actions responding to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The department said in a statement shared with The Hill on Friday that the Capitol Police's Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating a total of 35 officers, and that "Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman has directed that any member of her department.