President Trump addresses his supporters at The Ellipse on Jan. "To be clear, the District of Columbia is not requesting other federal law enforcement personnel and discourages any additional deployment without immediate notification to, and consultation with, MPD if such plans are underway," Bowser tweets. Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser announces that the MPD will be the lead law enforcement agency and will coordinate with the Capitol Police, Park Police and Secret Service. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said his force also received the report, but that the email did not come with any sort of alert to its importance. 5 Norfolk report was reviewed by a Capitol Police sergeant assigned to a law enforcement joint terrorism task force, who sent it to an official in the Capitol Police intelligence division - but it was not forwarded to Sund. Sources tell NPR the information was worrisome because of its specificity but was based on one or two sources - generally not enough to start deploying police or the National Guard.Ĭapitol Police Chief Sund said in his Feb. The NYPD and Norfolk information contains raw intelligence that isn't yet validated or analyzed. Park Police, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and other agencies. The head of the FBI's Washington Field Office, Steven D'Antuono, later says that information is shared with the FBI's "law enforcement partners" through the bureau's Joint Terrorism Task Force. It releases its advisory report after FBI analysts find a roster of troubling information including specific threats against members of Congress, an exchange of maps of the tunnel system under the Capitol complex and organizational plans like setting up gathering places in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and South Carolina so extremists can meet to convoy to Washington.įBI Norfolk officials share what they have discovered with counterparts in D.C., the Post reports. The FBI Field Office in Norfolk, Va., issues an explicit warning that extremists have plans for violence the next day, as first reported by the Post. He said "optics" did not play a role in the decision. 23 hearing, Irving said he, Sund and Stenger together concluded that National Guard support was not necessary. 23 testimony to a joint Senate committee hearing, Sund says Irving "was concerned about the 'optics' of having National Guard present and didn't feel that the intelligence supported it." Sund says that instead of approving use of the National Guard, Stenger suggested Sund instead ask how quickly they could get support and to ask that Guard members "lean forward" in case they were needed. Sund says he asked permission from Stenger and Irving to request the Guard be placed on standby in case the protest gets out of control. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger and House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving convene to discuss a possible role for the D.C. law prohibits anyone from carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of any First Amendment activity. He's released the next day and told to leave Washington. He is charged with destruction of property and possession of high-capacity firearm magazines. The Metropolitan Police Department arrests Enrique Tarrio, leader of the far-right Proud Boys group. 6 - but exactly how that decision was made is the subject of debate. Others weighed in on the use of the Guard on Jan. In Washington, D.C., however, the Guard is under the command of the president, though orders to deploy are typically issued by the secretary of the Army at the request of the mayor. In the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the Guard is under the command of the governor. Capitol Police on the Capitol complex.Īnd then there is the National Guard. Secret Service in the vicinity of the White House and the U.S. Park Police on the Ellipse, where Trump's rally took place the U.S. The Metropolitan Police Department has jurisdiction on city streets the U.S. Washington, D.C., is known for its multitude of law enforcement agencies - a fact reflected in the agencies involved in security on Jan. How could security forces in the nation's capital be so swiftly and completely overwhelmed by rioters who stated their plans openly on a range of social media sites? President Trump had even tweeted on Dec. Capitol was a security failure, an intelligence failure - or both. 6 as Congress counts and certifies the Electoral College vote. Convinced the election was stolen, thousands of Trump supporters storm the U.S.
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