Two top House security aides under then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi got stark warnings from police the night before the Jan. 6 riots that protesters might try to breach the U.S. Capitol through its tunnel systems and block lawmakers from voting to certify Joe Biden's presidential election win, according to newly obtained memos and text messages.
"We did not have any accountability for what was going on there, and we should have... I take responsibility for not having them just prepare for more." Loudermilk told Just the News his committee plans to question Pelosi's staff about what was meant on the videotape and how they reacted to the emailed warnings from Capitol Police.
"Numerous independent fact-checkers have confirmed again and again that Pelosi did not plan her own assassination on January 6th. The Speaker of the House is not in charge of the security of the Capitol Complex - on January 6th or any other day of the week," a spokesperson for Nancy Pelosi told Just the News.
The new emails, text messages, and documents obtained by Just the News show that in the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, Pelosi's office was in fact involved in Capitol security planning, receiving requests for edits and feedback and being kept informed of the security situation by Irving.
The lone references to any communications with Pelosi's staff came in a 2022 report issued by Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind. Loudermilk's staff then formally obtained the communications from Capitol Police.
The LOC refers to the Library of Congress, through which access to the Capitol can be had. He also described a "Huge uptick with reporting via open source" of a group's plan to try and form a perimeter around the Capitol to prevent members of Congress from reaching the building.
Pdf Just the News previously reported that a top aide to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Kelly Fado, received a similar email from Gallagher pointing to the potential danger, though this information was not distributed to the then-Chief of the Capitol Police nor any of the frontline officers tasked with protecting the capitol that day.
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