China News Service, January 27th. According to the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) report, on January 26 local time, the Acting Chief of the U.S. Congressional Police, Yogananda Pittman, apologized, saying that the bureau did not respond to Congress on January 6. Fully prepared for the building riots.
However, Pittman said that two days before the Congressional riots, the bureau had requested an increase in police force but was rejected.
On January 6, local time, the joint meeting of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to confirm the results of the Electoral College vote was interrupted due to large-scale riots caused by supporters of the current President Trump breaking into the Capitol. The scene was extremely chaotic.
The picture shows the fire in front of the US Capitol in Washington, USA.
On the same day, Acting Director Yogananda Pittman told the House Appropriations Committee: “It is clear that the department should have been more fully prepared for this shock.” “We knew before that there is a high possibility of violence. And the Capitol is the (attack) target".
She expressed her sincere apology on behalf of the Congressional Police Department.
Pittman confirmed that the Congressional Police Commission, which oversees the bureau, rejected the then Chief of the Congressional Police Department Steven Sand's request for the deployment of the National Guard two days before the impact of the Capitol Building on January 6. .
The report quoted the “Washington Post” as saying that congressional security officials rejected the request of the congressional police because the former predicted that the leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives would not want troops to be stationed around the Capitol.
According to reports, Pittman said that the Congressional Police Department had deployed more police forces on January 6 to respond to possible violence, including a special police team and a crisis team, but "we have not done enough." .
Sander also requested permission to dispatch the National Guard on January 6, but was not authorized by the committee for "more than an hour".
"I believe that with extra preparations, some of the challenges that the Congressional Police Department faced on the day of the incident could have been overcome," Pittman said.
According to Papatanasi, chairman of the Congressional Police Union, there has not yet been a vote of no confidence in the acting chief and senior department leaders.
Prior to this, on January 6, a large number of Trump supporters broke through the police blockade and forcibly broke into the Capitol. As a result, the certification process for the results of the ongoing presidential election was interrupted.
On the 13th, the House of Representatives voted to pass an impeachment clause against Trump, accusing him of "inciting rebellion."
On the 25th, the House of Representatives sent a bill of impeachment against Trump to the Senate, thus starting the impeachment trial proceedings.