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(28,979 posts) Wed Apr 21, 2021, 09:16 PM Apr 2021

Capitol Police official being investigated for directions to pursue only 'anti-Trump' protesters 1/6

NEWS: A Capitol Police officer is under investigation for radioing all units on the morning of 1/6 and telling them to look for ONLY anti-Trump troublemakers, not pro-Trump.

A key lawmaker revealed the contours of the ongoing probe today.

Link to tweet

An investigation found an official's radio transmission to "all outside units' attention" that they should not be "looking for any pro-Trump in the crowd," according to Lofgren. A Capitol Police official denies her account.

A Capitol Police official radioed units outside of the building on the morning of Jan. 6 and told them only to scout for anti-Trump troublemakers — not pro-Trump protesters, according to Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who described what she said were details of an internal investigation conducted in the aftermath of the mob attack.

Lofgren (D-Calif.) revealed the finding while she questioned Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton, who appeared before the House Administration Committee Wednesday to testify about security failures that precipitated the Jan. 6 attack. Lofgren, who chairs the panel, described the findings as she asked him whether he had read the internal investigation reports.

Lofgren said the department's Office of Professional Responsibility was reviewing information that a radio transmission to "all outside units' attention" that they should not be "looking for any pro-Trump in the crowd," according to Lofgren. She added they were "only looking for any anti-Trump."

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/21/capitol-officer-investigated-antitrump-protestors-484048