I've been browsing thru the document the select committee released .... There are so many things wrong with the way the original committee handled the J6 hearings it is mind boggling.
The problem is no amount of evidence that is turned up now will ever change the minds of people who followed the theatrical version of the J6 committee that played out on TV .... They did their damage.
I don't see how the participants in the farce will ever be held accountable for the fictitious version they presented to the public. Maybe Dinesh D'souza will do a movie or something.
Below is some more about the reasons the National Guard wasn't used to help fortify the Capitol. The Capitol Chief of Police tried to get approval for the National Guard, but was blocked by those above him in the Capitol security hierarchy.
Below is an except from the report .... With this being the bottom line ......
Had the House and Senate Sergeant at Arms approved Chief Sund’s request, it is likely
the Capitol’s outer perimeter would never have been breached.
USCP APPROVAL TO REQUEST D.C. NATIONAL GUARD ON
JANUARY 6 RESULTED IN DELAYS
Prior to January 6, 2021, the U.S. Capitol Police Chief was required by law to receive approval
from the Capitol Police Board before directly requesting assistance from the D.C. National
Guard.
This requirement caused significant delays in the deployment of the National Guard
and therefore delayed law enforcement’s efforts to secure the Capitol.
In the days leading up to January 6, both the House and Senate Sergeant at Arms received
requests from USCP Chief of Police Steven Sund for approval to request National Guard
assistance.
Chief Sund testified that he first requested National Guard assistance from the
House and Senate Sergeant at Arms during the morning of January 3, 2021.281 According to his
testimony before the Subcommittee on September 19, 2023, Chief Sund decided to expand the
security perimeter around the Capitol and believed National Guard assistance would be needed
to man the expanded perimeter due to the staffing constraints that a Joint Session placed on the
Department.
Chief Sund testified that on the morning of January 3, 2021, he walked into House Sergeant at
Arms (“HSAA”) Paul Irving’s office and asked that he approve a request for National Guard
assistance to support the expanded perimeter.
According to Chief Sund’s testimony, HSAA Paul Irving, upon learning of the request, said he did not like the “optics” of National Guard troops on Capitol Grounds and did not think the intelligence justified National Guard
deployment.
Later on January 3, Chief Sund conferred with SSAA Stenger, who
like HSAA Irving, delayed Chief Sund’s request.
Chief Sund reach out to D.C. National Guard Commanding General William Walker and inquire
about what National Guard resources he could have ready for deployment if needed. Chief
Sund later wrote in his book:
"Several weeks after January 6, I had the chance to ask Stenger if he had been
given a heads-up that I was coming to request the Guard, and he told me that
Irving had called him and said, ‘Sund just came to my office asking for national
Guard assistance. We need to come up with another plan. I will never get this by
Pelosi.’”
Had the House and Senate Sergeant at Arms approved Chief Sund’s request, it is likely
the Capitol’s outer perimeter would never have been breached.