Capitol Police Not Told of Undercover MPD Officers in Crowd on Jan. 6, Former Chief Says

Steven Sund testified before a House subcommittee that he was not told of the presence of undercover MPD Electronic Surveillance Unit officers.

Two undercover Metropolitan Police Department officers walk behind Ashli Babbitt on the northwest side of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. One had earlier remarked "someone would get shot." William Pope via U.S. District Court/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said he was not told that the Metropolitan Police Department planned to embed more than two dozen undercover Electronic Surveillance Unit officers on Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021.

Testifying before the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, Mr. Sund said outside police agencies were always expected to give notice and have permission to operate on Capitol grounds.