Another January 6 Lie: No ‘Recon’ Tours on January 5

In the aftermath of the four-hour disturbance at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Democrats scrambled to prepare articles of impeachment against departing President Donald Trump for the second time.

So House Democrats upped the blame and shame game by accusing their Republican colleagues of organizing tours of the Capitol complex on January 5 so the alleged coup-plotters could map out the next day's "Insurrection." Representative Mikie Sherrill started the rumor a week after the protest.

In a letter to members of the Capitol Police board, the agency responsible for securing the Capitol, Sherrill demanded an "Immediate investigation into the suspicious behavior and access given to visitors to the Capitol Complex on Tuesday, January 5, 2021." Sherrill claimed her training in the military gave her the keen ability to "Recognize suspicious activity" and questioned why so many large outside groups were in and around the building that day.

Rep. Tim Ryan, now running for U.S. Senate in the Buckeye State, told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in February 2021 that the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia-the office handling the January 6 prosecution-was investigating "The idea of members of Congress taking people on tours." Capitol Police also announced an investigation into the claims.

Further, of the more than 800 Americans currently charged for their participation in the protest, not a single defendant is accused of casing the Capitol building alongside a Republican lawmaker on January 5, 2021 in advance of the alleged crime.

Committee members last week accused Loudermilk, the same congressman who demanded the ethics investigation last year, of leading a tour "Through parts of the Capitol complex on January 5, 2021." Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee, and Rep. Liz Cheney claimed Loudermilk's alleged "Tour" contradicted an earlier statement by House Republicans that "[t]here were no tours, no large groups, no one with MAGA hats on" that day.

Just like the falsehoods that Officer Brian Sicknick was killed by Trump supporters; Kamala Harris was in the building during the protest; Capitol Police were not involved in allowing people inside; or that a mysterious man planted pipe bombs near Capitol grounds the night before, to name a few, no Republican lawmaker led scores of would-be protesters around the building on January 5 to scope out the territory.
 

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