{"id":1271,"date":"2021-01-15T15:58:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T20:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2021-01-15T15:58:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T20:58:49","slug":"the-capitol-police-is-investigating-whether-lawmakers-gave-pre-riot-building-tours-as-pelosi-names-leader-of-security-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=1271","title":{"rendered":"The Capitol Police is investigating whether lawmakers gave pre-riot building tours, as Pelosi names leader of security review."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/01\/15\/us\/politics\/15transition-briefing-pelosi-security-sub\/merlin_182367477_e23980fd-a826-462d-a0a7-9fb0cde28cfc-articleLarge.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Security and fencing around the Capitol on Friday. Speaker Nancy&nbsp;Pelosi said she hoped the government would be over-prepared this time around, as the F.B.I. and other authorities continue to warn about a potential wave of violence from pro-Trump extremists around the formal transfer of power in Washington.\"\/><figcaption>Security and fencing around the Capitol on Friday. Speaker Nancy&nbsp;Pelosi said she hoped the government would be over-prepared this time around, as the F.B.I. and other authorities continue to warn about a potential wave of violence from pro-Trump extremists around the formal transfer of power in Washington.Credit&#8230;Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Capitol Police said Friday that it had opened an investigation into whether members of Congress inappropriately gave visitors access to the Capitol ahead of the storming of the building last week, after several lawmakers raised concerns that their own colleagues might have allowed members of a pro-Trump mob inside in the days leading up to the assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inquiry came to light as Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she had named Russel L. Honor\u00e9, a retired Army lieutenant general, to lead a security review of the Capitol in the wake of the riot, in which a throng of President Trump\u2019s supporters rampaged through the building in a deadly security failure that put the lives of lawmakers and the vice president at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pledging accountability for those behind the Jan. 6 siege, Ms. Pelosi warned that if any Republican members of the House had aided the rioters as they sought to advance Mr. Trump\u2019s effort to overturn the election results, they would be punished. She also said that she had spoken with the secretary of the Army and the Secret Service director to ensure that the necessary resources were in place to prevent a repeat at President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.\u2019s inauguration next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn order to serve here together, we must trust that people have respect for their oath of office, respect for this institution,\u201d she said. \u201cIf in fact it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection \u2014 if they aided and abetted the crimes \u2014 there may have to be action taken beyond the Congress in terms of prosecution for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by Representative Mikie Sherrill, a New Jersey Democrat and former Navy pilot, more than 30 lawmakers called on Wednesday for an investigation into visitors\u2019 access to the Capitol on the day before the riot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a letter to the acting House and Senate sergeants-at-arms and the Capitol Police, the lawmakers, many of whom served in the military and said they were trained to \u201crecognize suspicious activity,\u201d demanded answers about what they described as an \u201cextremely high number of outside groups\u201d let into the Capitol on Jan. 5 at a time when most tours were restricted because of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, Eva Malecki, a spokeswoman, said the Capitol Police was looking into the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe matter is under investigation,\u201d Ms. Malecki said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Pelosi said she had asked Mr. Honor\u00e9, who helped coordinate the military relief efforts around Hurricane Katrina, to conduct \u201can immediate review of the Capitol\u2019s security infrastructure, interagency processes and procedures, and command and control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must subject this whole complex, though, to scrutiny in light of what happened,\u201d she said, adding that House committees would begin conducting their own investigations into what took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Washington was turned into a militarized zone ahead of Inauguration Day, inspectors general from a range of federal agencies opened a coordinated investigation into the catastrophic failures that led to the riot at the Capitol, amid reports that officials ignored, downplayed and responded sluggishly to the deadly assault on the nation\u2019s core democratic institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Park Service announced that the National Mall \u2014 the iconic arena of American monuments that stretches between the Capitol and the White House \u2014 would be closed for a week to prevent further violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/luke-broadwater\">Luke Broadwater<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/nicholas-fandos\">Nicholas Fandos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security and fencing around the Capitol on Friday. 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