Democrats in the US House of Representatives say they will introduce an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday, charging him with "incitement of insurrection" for encouraging the mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday as a joint session of Congress met to certify his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden.
Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund s request for National Guard backup was denied, he says in interview John Bacon, USA TODAY
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Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said he requested that the National Guard be placed on standby in the days before the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, but House and Senate security officials turned him down.
Sund, who resigned his post the day after the riot, told The Washington Post he had been concerned that the protest planned for Jan. 6 would be larger than expected. Sund said he asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the National Guard be placed on standby.
PolitiFact s ruling: True
Here s why: In a speech before what he called the most important vote I ve ever cast, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., rejected challenges to the validity of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential race. The Constitution gives us here in Congress a limited role, McConnell said on Jan. 6, shortly before the Capitol was breached by mobs of President Donald Trump supporters. We cannot simply declare ourselves a national board of elections on steroids. The voters, the courts, and the states have all spoken. They ve all spoken. If we overrule them, it would damage our republic forever.
New details about January 6 riot reveal need for full-scale investigation
New information in media reports shows that Trump’s January 6 fascistic insurrection had high level support from within the Republican Party and critical sections of the police and military-intelligence apparatus. These revelations raise the need for a full-scale investigation into the plot to overthrow the Constitution and all those involved in it.
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Washington Post reported yesterday that in the days before the riot, congressional staff implored the US Capitol police to take seriously the clear signs that a coup attempt was being prepared, demanding greater protection for the scheduled Electoral College certification. Staff were “asking for briefings” and were desperate for information about the threat of violence, but Capitol police refused to provide any substantive response, the