“He absolutely should and I wouldn’t be surprised if he were subpoenaed,” Cheney told ABC News’s This Week.”
“I think he very clearly and said publicly that he’s got information about the president’s state of mind that day,” Cheney added.
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The legislation calls for an investigation into the riot and “the interference with the peaceful transfer of power, including facts and causes relating to the preparedness and response of the United States Capitol Police. as well as the influencing factors that fomented such attack on American representative democracy.”
In addition to the bill to set up the commission, Democrats will hold a vote on a $1.9 billion funding bill meant to address weaknesses in the Capitol complex made clear during the Jan. 6 attack, when rioters were able to overwhelm the Capitol Police force, break into doors and three windows and disrupt the counting of the Electoral College vote for hours.
WATCH: U.S. Capitol Police Gave Protesters OK to Enter Capitol Building
Published: May 17, 2021
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A newly-obtained video shows United States Capitol Police officers speaking with several January 6 protestors including Jacob Chansley, the so-called Q shaman inside the Capitol that afternoon.
One officer, identified in the video and confirmed by charging documents as Officer Keith Robishaw, appears to tell Chansely s group they won t stop them from entering the building. We re not against . . . you need to show us . . . no attacking, no assault, remain calm, Robishaw warns. Chansley and another protestor instruct the crowd to act peacefully. This has to be peaceful, Chansley yelled. We have the right to peacefully assemble.
Rapper Bugzie the Don used Capitol riot photo as album cover, DOJ says
Antionne Brodnax, stage name Bugzie the Don, was allegedly photographed sitting on top of a Capitol Police SWAT vehicle on January 6. Author: Eric Flack, Stephanie Wilson, Jordan Fischer Published: 2:36 PM EDT May 17, 2021 Updated: 7:32 PM EDT May 17, 2021
WASHINGTON A rapper from Richmond, Virginia, allegedly used a photo of himself participating in the Capitol riot on January 6 to promote his new album, the Department of Justice says.
Antionne DeShaun Brodnax, who performs under the stage name Bugzie the Don, is facing criminal charges for disorderly conduct and entering the U.S. Capitol building in January. Brodnax is not accused of any violence or theft during his roughly 40 minutes inside the building, according to court documents.
A newly-released video shows United States Capitol Police officers speaking with several January 6 protestors, including Jacob Chansley, the so-called “Q shaman” inside the Capitol that afternoon.
Officer Keith Robishaw tells Chansely’s group they won’t stop them from entering the building. “We’re not against . . . you need to show us . . . no attacking, no assault, remain calm,” Robishaw warns.
Chansley and another protestor instruct the crowd to act peacefully. “This has to be peaceful,” Chansley yelled. “We have the right to peacefully assemble.”
How can anyone be charged with trespassing and imprisoned for a protracted period for it?
Prosecutors alleged in a complaint filed January 8 against Chansley: “Robishaw and other officers calmed the protestors somewhat and directed them to leave the area from the same way they had entered. Chansley approached Officer Robishaw and screamed, among other things, that this was their house, and that they were ther
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