Trained to recognize suspicious activity
There may have been some collaborationist activities from some legislators the day before the coup attempt. Investigations are under way.
More than 30 House Democrats are demanding information from Capitol security officials about “suspicious” visitors at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 5 — a day before violent insurrectionists swarmed the building — that would only have been permitted entry by a member of Congress or a staffer.
“Many of the Members who signed this letter … witnessed an extremely high number of outside groups in the complex on Tuesday, January 5,” wrote the lawmakers, led by Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), in a letter to the acting House and Senate sergeants-at-arms, as well as the acting head of the Capitol Police.
The lawmakers, some of whom “have served in the military and are trained to recognize suspicious activity,” noted that Capitol tours have been prohibited since March as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and they said the tours were so unusual that they were reported to security on Jan. 5, ahead of the following day’s violence.
“The visitors encountered by some of the Members of Congress on this letter appeared to be associated with the rally at the White House the following day,” they wrote. “Members of the group that attacked the Capitol seemed to have an unusually detailed knowledge of the layout of the Capitol Complex. The presence of these groups within the Capitol Complex was indeed suspicious.”
I’m wondering what “appeared to be associated with the rally at the White House the following day” means. “Appeared to be in town for the rally scheduled for the next day,” maybe. Perhaps they were in the usual pro-Trump costuming. Or maybe it means “in retrospect, it appears they were in DC for the rally the next day.”
Sherrill first raised alarms Tuesday that some members of Congress may have provided “reconnaissance” tours to would-be insurrectionists.
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“I also intend to see that those members of Congress who abetted him — those members of Congress who had groups coming through the capitol that I saw on Jan. 5 for reconnaissance for the next day — those members of Congress who incited the violent crowd, those members of Congress that attempted to help our president undermine our democracy, I’m going see that they’re held accountable,” Sherrill said.
She’s overstating it, but if she’s right…well, there are too many collabos in Congress.
Meanwhile, a better person than the seditionists:
He should be the new head of capitol police.
@#1:
Second that.
I’ve watched the video of Goodman bravely and cleverly leading the mob away from the danger zone several times, and yes, he did a wonderful job of outsmarting them, well deservimg of all the awards and recognition that comes his way.
However, every time I see the last part of the video, where Goodman leads them up the final set of stairs to a line of his fellow cops, I cannot help but wonder how differently that scene would have played out if Goodman were white and his pursuers were black. My guess is: very messy.
Indeed.
Acolyte @#3:
Reads like a case for an all-black police force.
I’m wondering at the absence of images or footage of these tours. And the reluctance to name names. The blatant collaboration from within chambers on the 6th seems documented so far.