Outgoing Chief of Capitol Police Says Efforts to Summon National Guard Were Thwarted: Report

Outgoing Chief of Capitol Police Says Efforts to Summon National Guard Were Thwarted: Report
National Guard troops walk through the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. John Moore/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Steven Sund, outgoing chief of the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP), says House and Senate security officials rejected or slow-walked multiple requests by the agency to call in the National Guard for assistance on Jan. 6.

Sund told The Washington Post in an interview published on Jan. 10 that, in the days leading up to the Jan. 6 incident in which protesters and rioters breached the Capitol building and committed acts of violence, he had asked House and Senate security officials to let him request that the D.C. National Guard be put on standby.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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