Nancy Pelosi surely knows that her goose is cooked! It’s been said all along that Nancy Pelosi knows more and was more involved in what happened at the Capitol back in 2021 than what she leads everyone to believe. Now we’ve got some proof!
House Republicans have compiled a report that claims House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office was directly involved in the creation and editing of the Capitol security plan that failed during the January 6, 2021 riot and that security officials were “denied again and again” the resources needed to protect the Capitol.
The report, compiled by Republican Representatives Rodney Davis, Jim Banks, Troy Nehls, Jim Jordan, and Kelly Armstrong, is the result of months of investigation by the lawmakers, who were authorized by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to conduct their own probe.
The report concludes that the Capitol was left vulnerable on January 6 as a result of failures by the Democratic leadership in the House and law enforcement leaders in the Capitol Police, who prioritized the “optics” of having armed officers and National Guardsmen visible to the public over enhanced security.
It also corroborates prior reporting that the Capitol Police began receiving specific warnings in mid-December that there could be significant violence planned against the Capitol and lawmakers by protesters planning to attend the certification of the 2020 election results. The report claims that two key staffers in Pelosi’s office attended regular meetings to discuss the security plan for January 6 dating back to early December 2020, and that Pelosi’s top aide even edited some of the plans. Most of these discussions and meetings excluded Republican lawmakers in the House.
The report also alleges that House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, who served on the Capitol Police Board, “succumbed to political pressures from the Office of Speaker Pelosi and House Democrat leadership leading up to January 6, 2021.” It claims that Irving coordinated closely with Pelosi and her staff and excluded Republicans from important discussions related to security.
After the events of January 6, when Pelosi forced Irving to resign, a staffer in the House sergeant at arms office sent an email suggesting that the Democratic leadership had made Irving and Capitol Police Chief Steve Sund the fall guys to cover up the failure of lawmakers to provide adequate security resources.
In addition, the report alleges that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security provided warnings to the Capitol Police about the potential for violence on January 6, but that these warnings were not adequately addressed.