Several congressional Democrats claim the January 6 Capitol insurrection was aided by 'insiders'
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Via: tessylo • 5 years ago • 9 commentsBy: Julie Gerstein, Business Insider
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"They knew where to go," House Majority Whip James Clyburn told CBSN. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Several Democratic members of Congress have speculated that some members of the mob who attacked the US Capitol had help from people with insider knowledge of the building.
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On Tuesday, Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey released a Facebook Live video claiming she saw several members of Congress taking people on "reconnaissance" tours on January 5.
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House Majority Whip James Clyburn said last week that he believed members of the Capitol security team were "complicit" in the insurrection.
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The acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, Michael Sherwin, said his office was working on an "unprecedented" investigation into the riots.
Several congressional Democrats have speculated that the January 6 breach of the US Capitol was aided by people on the inside.
Rep. Tim Ryan, the chairman of a House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Capitol Police, said in a briefing on Monday that more than a dozen Capitol Police officers were under investigation in connection to the riot.
But on Tuesday, Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey went further and released a 13-minute Facebook Live video in which she suggested that members of Congress were also complicit in the attack.
Sherill said she witnessed members of Congress escort people through the Capitol on January 5 and referred to it as "reconnaissance" for the January 6 insurrection.
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We definitely need a 9/11-style commission, with subpoena power, to dissect the events of January Sixth.
This should be professional investigators, rather than politicians. Congress can get on with the huge work-load that awaits. The commission is less politicized. Give them a time limit, but large enough to do the job.
The appropriate congressional committees should investigate the shit out of all this.
Such activities as alleged could be described as treasonous.
I think not.
The Biden Administration will have a monstrous workload. They won't need distraction. And the investigation must be professional, above any partisan reproach. So... independent commission.
I certainly hope not but given how lax security was, how little of a fight was put up, and how apparently some CP officers were providing directions and taking selfies...