The House and Senate sergeants-at-arms, who have resigned, now face questions about why they failed to do more to deter the Trump loyalists who swarmed the Capitol last week.
We analyzed the alternating perspectives of President Trump at the podium, the lawmakers inside the Capitol and a growing mob’s destruction and violence.
Family, lawmakers remember US Capitol police officer who died by suicide after responding to riot
US Capitol police officer death
We’re learning more tonight about the US Capitol police officer who died by suicide in the days following the riot.
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The United States Capitol Police officer who took his life following an insurrection by Trump supporters is being remembered by family, lawmakers, and even those who only knew him briefly.
Howard Liebengood, 51, died by suicide Saturday, according to a family spokesman who also confirmed Liebengood was on-duty during Wednesday’s riot at the Capitol. His death is a tragedy that has deprived all of us a dedicated public servant. His family has suffered a devastating loss and asks that they be given space to grieve in private, said an emailed statement from family spokesman and attorney Barry Pollack.
Last month, I was thrilled to announce our campaign for governor, and the positive response from grassroots activists and donors has been overwhelming, Steinhardt said in a statement. While our strong standing in this race make this decision even more heart-breaking, unfortunately, unforeseen professional obligations have made it untenable for me to continue in this race as a candidate for governor.
Steinhardt is a law partner with Democratic former Gov. Jim Florio at the firm Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor.
The Trenton bureau of the USA TODAY Network reported last month that for nearly a decade, a Steinhardt-aligned political committee legally bypassed state pay-to-play laws, allowing his firm to win government contracts.
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Slain U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick was a 1997 graduate of Middlesex County Vocational Technical High School in East Brunswick, according to a news report.
Mr. Sicknick was the fifth person to die as a consequence of the mob riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6th.
According to CNN:
Prosecutors in the US Attorney’s office plan to open a federal murder investigation into the death of Mr. Sicknick, the US Capitol Police officer who died Thursday night, a law enforcement official tells CNN.
Mr. Sicknick was injured Wednesday when a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol. He died at approximately 9:30 p.m. ET Thursday “due to injuries sustained while on-duty,” Capitol Police officials said in a statement. The death is being investigated by the DC Metropolitan Police Department’s homicide branch, the US Capitol Police and their federal partners.