Category: U.S. Capitol Police

House Administration Committee Hearing on ‘Oversight of the US Capitol Police Office of Inspector General’

The House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight holds a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police Office of Inspector General” at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 19. United States Capitol Police Inspector General Mr. Ron Russo will testify. …


LIVE 2 PM ET: House Administration Committee Hearing on ‘Oversight of the US Capitol Police Office of Inspector General’

The House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight holds a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police Office of Inspector General” at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 19. United States Capitol Police Inspector General Mr. Ron Russo will testify. …


LIVE NOW: House Administration Committee Hearing on ‘Oversight of the US Capitol Police Office of Inspector General’

The House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight holds a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police Office of Inspector General” at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 19. United States Capitol Police Inspector General Mr. Ron Russo will testify. …


Indiana Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Rep. Jim Banks and His Family

An Indiana man has been arrested and charged with making a series of threatening calls to Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and his family. Aaron Thompson, 33, of Fort Wayne, was arrested last month in connection with calls he allegedly made to Banks’s office in April. Thompson allegedly called Banks’s office on April 6 and another…


Christian Children Silenced While Performing National Anthem in US Capitol; Police Apologize

The U.S. Capitol Police have apologized for halting a Christian children’s choir as they sang the United States’ national anthem with permission from the Speaker’s Office. “Although popup demonstrations and musical performances are not allowed in the U.S. Capitol without the proper approval, due to a miscommunication, the U.S Capitol Police were not aware that…


Federal Judge Rules Jan. 6 Undercover Video Will Remain Hidden From the Public

Nearly eight weeks after telling the Department of Justice he was not impressed by its arguments to keep a court seal on undercover police video from Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras ruled that the protective order keeping the video from public view will remain in place. The apparent change of heart by…


US Senator, Capitol Police Chief Blast Tucker Carlson for Alleged Jan. 6 ‘False Narrative’

A Democrat senator from Maryland and U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger used a Senate budget hearing on April 25 to blast former Fox News host Tucker Carlson for creating an allegedly “false narrative” with the Jan. 6 security-camera video that he broadcast in March. During a budget hearing before the Senate Committee on…


Thousands of Hours of Jan. 6 Video Hidden, Withheld from Defendants, Court Filing Says

The U.S. Department of Justice has withheld thousands of hours of video recorded at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, from January 6 criminal defendants, and U.S. Capitol Police might have held back more than 1,300 hours of security video from a congressional oversight committee, a new federal court filing alleges. Defendant William Pope…


Only One Jan. 6 Video Aired by Tucker Carlson Was Reviewed by US Capitol Police: Lawyer

U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) could only review one of the dozens of videos from Jan. 6, 2021, that Fox News host Tucker Carlson broadcast after receiving access from Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, a lawyer for the police agency says. The single video that was reviewed was available to the public before Carlson…


Capitol Police, FBI Failed to Share ‘Credible Threats’ Before Jan. 6 Breach: Watchdog

FBI agents and U.S. Capitol Police officers identified “credible threats” ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, electoral vote certification but did not properly disseminate the intelligence, a watchdog says in a new report. The FBI obtained information from human informants, social media, and other agencies and tracked suspected domestic terrorists traveling to Washington, according to…