Julie Kelly over at American Greatness has chronicled the
lies by the US Capitol Police, none of which have been corrected, for historical record, by the committee. The list of lies, including
Kamala Harris’ whereabouts, by the Department of Justice and security apparatus continues to grow month by month.
It was only this year that we learned there were “shoot-to-kill squads” embedded around protestors and within the Capitol. What else might we not know? What has the committee missed in its political pursuit to dig up criminal referrals against President Donald J. Trump and his top allies?
All of these facts begin to look like a clean-up job.
Even more curious, the committee has not investigated the one person tasked with maintaining (including security) the US Capitol grounds, Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Why hasn’t Nancy Pelosi testified under oath about preparations she took or didn’t take in preparation for the largest protest and lawful objections to the certification of some of the Electoral College votes?
The UCSP Chief says that Pelosi’s security boss didn’t like the “optics” of declaring an emergency, which would’ve been legally required to mobilize the guard, and it be made to appear that the Speaker had lost control.
Her dereliction of duty created no backstop for the protests to run into before parts of it became a riot.
Is this why Pelosi won’t release the 14,000 hours of video surveillance at the Capitol? This footage is immune to FOIA requests.
A day after the conflict, we learned that the
Department of Defense offered the USCP the National Guard three days prior to the planned objections on January 6th.
This wasn’t a passive request either. According to testimony that predates the formation of the select committee from Chris Miller, the acting head of defense, the president actually inquired if the District’s mayor had requested the National Guard. He authorized him to “fill” any requests. This is a constitutional and legal distinction as the president cannot order the guard in without a request. He can only authorize.
For nearly two years, Trump has told the world that this was the case ping ponging between offers of 10,000 and 20,000 guardsmen.
This summer, Kash Patel, who was appointed Chief of Staff for Miller, released an
“unclassified” memo detailing the steps the department took to offer security to the District and Congress. Patel, too, confirms that the president not only authorized his government to fulfill any requests but
actually suggested it himself.
This ‘he said, she said’ fight appeared to come to a conclusion with October 13th’s hearing airing footage no one knew existed. This footage followed Members of Congress as they carried out their duties on January 6th.
The footage was shot by Pelosi’s filmmaker daughter,
Alexandra Pelosi (and her team), who was apparently there for national security briefings at Fort McNair, filming calls with government officials, we learned things that had not previously been made public about the woman tasked with keeping the Capitol secure and safe for permitted protests.
Daughter Pelosi sold her film to HBO and teed up CNN, which is owned by the same parent company, with exclusive footage which aired extended scenes during primetime following the hearing. Yes, the January 6th Select Committee was used and coordinated to tease the trailer of a director’s preview for this Pelosi film and familial profit. Perfect
“wrap up smear.”
On the film, Speaker Pelosi frantically called for guardsmen that she and her team had previously rejected. Both she and Chuck Schumer appeared to violate the separation of powers and attempt to direct cabinet secretaries and their security posture. They injected chaos into the various coordinating law enforcement agencies by calling governors, the mayor, and Trump’s cabinet officials. All to get troops down to the Capitol.
She was first to call it an “insurrection” and alleged on her calls with officials that the president had “instigated” the riot in stark contrast to his calls to walk down “peacefully and patriotically” down to the permitted protests after his speech at the Ellipse. We learned that she couldn’t plead ignorance because she watched the speech from her office.
Amidst the chaos—all captured on film—Pelosi realizes she failed in her duty as Speaker of the House. Permitted protests were to take place on the Capitol grounds and her team had rejected the National Guard that President Trump had offered which would’ve kept crowds well-directed and well-behaved.