Department of Homeland Security Failed to Adequately Prepare for Jan. 6: GAO

Department of Homeland Security Failed to Adequately Prepare for Jan. 6: GAO
A crowd clashes with law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Brent Stirton/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should have taken into account changing circumstances and designated as special the events on Jan. 6, a new report says.

The DHS can designate planned events as special, triggering security planning and other processes. But it didn’t do so for Jan. 6 because officials believed the events didn’t meet the criteria for such a designation.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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