Secret commandos with the authority to 'shoot-to-kill' were at the Capitol on January 6: Report

Elite commando teams with the authority to shoot-to-kill were deployed in Washington, DC on January 6th last year to protect ex-Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress gathering to certify the 2020 election results, a new report claimed on Monday.

A year ago today, senior leaders of multiple federal special forces teams met to discuss contingency plans and possible threats ahead of the Joint Session of Congress where President Joe Biden's electoral victory was sealed, Newsweek reported.

Agents from the FBI's Baltimore, Maryland Field Office, the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, an FBI nuclear explosives rapid response team known as 'Render Safe,' as well as Special Response Teams from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the US Marshals Service Special Operations Group made up the units.

Rosen's unilateral decision means the teams were not requested or known of by US Capitol Police or the Washington, DC Metro Police forces, or even members of Congress.

After intelligence indicated a potential threat to FBI Headquarters or its field office in Washington, units were moved to downtown areas of the capital on the morning of January 6.FBI teams reportedly arrived on Capitol Hill early that day to collect evidence on explosives found near the Republican and Democrat national headquarters.

One of the teams that made it into the Capitol reportedly assisted present law enforcement in securing Pence and his family in an underground area of the complex.

FBI sources told Newsweek that the military was also present in the DC metropolitan area on January 6, though the extent of their efforts or coordination with the DOJ teams is unknown.

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