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Nancy Pelosi did not possess unilateral authority to activate the National Guard for the Capitol on January 6, 2021; decisions involved the Capitol Police Board, the House Sergeant at Arms, and reques...
Multiple major outlets report that President Donald Trump posted social media messages calling a group of Democratic lawmakers’ actions “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH,” prompting Democrats t...
The primary on-the-ground responsibility for security at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, rested with the United States Capitol Police (USCP), led at the time by Chief Steven Sund; oversight and p...
President Trump posted and reposted comments calling six Democratic lawmakers “seditious” and saying their behavior was “punishable by DEATH!” and urged they be “ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL,” prompting ...
On Jan. 6, 2021 the formal chain of authority to request National Guard support for the Capitol ran through the Capitol Police Board — composed of the House and Senate sergeants at arms and the Archit...
President Trump posted and reposted messages calling a group of Democratic lawmakers’ video “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH,” prompting widespread condemnation and security checks; White Hous...
Available reporting and fact‑checks show there is no credible evidence that Nancy Pelosi personally refused National Guard assistance before Jan. 6, 2021; responsibility for calling the Guard rested w...
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that certain Democratic members of Congress engaged in “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” after those lawmakers—six of whom are military veterans—...
The Capitol Police Board—comprised of the House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, the Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger, and the Architect of the Capitol—decided on January 3, 2021, not to request a...
Congress changed the formal approval path after Jan. 6 so the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Chief can directly request the D.C. National Guard or federal law-enforcement assistance in an emergency withou...
Reporting and released documents show some communications between Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and House security officials about Capitol security planning before Jan. 6, 2021, and that Pelosi and ot...
The Capitol Police Board — the three-member panel composed of the House Sergeant at Arms, the Senate Sergeant at Arms and the Architect of the Capitol — opted not to pre-authorize a National Guard dep...
The documents and analyses you provided do not show that the January 6 committee report makes any explicit finding about Nancy Pelosi’s direct communications with the Pentagon; instead, recent comment...
The Speaker of the House does not directly run Capitol security operations; the House Sergeant at Arms is the chamber’s chief law‑enforcement and protocol officer responsible for security on the House...
The Speaker of the House does not have unilateral authority to “call up the guards” — decisions about deploying National Guard troops to the Capitol complex are made through the Capitol Police Board a...
The on-the-ground federal law enforcement response on January 6, 2021, rested first with the United States Capitol Police (USCP) and other on-site agencies, then flowed up a fragmented institutional c...
Legal authority to approve National Guard forces at the U.S. Capitol is divided and conditional: the District of Columbia National Guard is under federal control and can be mobilized by the president ...
The Capitol Police Board historically had to approve requests for National Guard assistance, a requirement critics say contributed to delays on January 6, 2021 . In response, Congress passed and the P...
The immediate authority to request National Guard assistance at the U.S. Capitol rested with the Capitol Police Board and the Capitol Police chief, but the D.C. National Guard could not deploy to the ...
The chain of command — a complex overlay of the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP), the Capitol Police Board, and Department of Defense (DoD) actors — created both legal and practical impediments that slowed ...