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January 13, 2021 The decision to arm the National Guard came down hours before the House began debating the second impeachment of President Donald Trump. SHOW TRANSCRIPT Stunning images: National Guardsmen seen sleeping on Capitol grounds while cradling their rifles. The scene captured by Newsy reporter Nathaniel Reed/ REED: “We’re in the Capitol visitors’ center right now, which is typically where people line up for tours. But right now it’s filled with members of the Army National Guard who are all on order to ... protect the Capitol after last week’s riots here. This is the hall ...

Local and congressional police accuse the Defense Department of not sending in the Guard in fast enough, but the Pentagon says they didn’t request sufficient Guard help in advance.

Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into Washington in protest. To be on...

Even as rioters violently overran his forces, Steven Sund said in an exclusive interview, the sergeants at arms for the House and Senate took more than an hour to approve his request.

A gross failure of law enforcement: MAGA social media was openly planning anarchy for WEEKS before Capitol riots - but cops missed every sign and even failed to have enough back-up on hand Questions are being asked in the aftermath of the Capitol siege as key warning signs that were missed in the lead up continued to emerge Evidence has emerged of glaring warnings from some hardline Trump supporters who vowed on social media to inflict violence and storm the Capitol  Law enforcement have been shifting the blame after the chaotic Capitol scenes were described as one of the gravest security la...