New documents reveal concern among Capitol Police officers about others in the force after January 6

[AZProgressive]

(CNN) A high-ranking Capitol Police officer, who was also a vocal Donald Trump supporter, told those under his command not to wear riot gear on January 6, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN that detail allegations submitted to an officer tip line.

In this case, an unidentified Capitol Police lieutenant emailed the tip line to say the supervising officer in question "may have assisted the insurrection attempts through passive action."

The lieutenant said the officer had "been rather vocal in the past about his support for Trump, but little was thought of it until the ... examples I observed."

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The tipster also described the high-ranking officer leaning against a wall, taking no action, as other officers tried to hold back the mob.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/09/17/politics/capitol-police-officers-concerns-january-6-documents/index.html

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Gee. Of all the days not to have riot gear...

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…January 6, 2021 was not the one I’d have chosen.

[MagickMuffin]

2. I saw a lot of "high ranking officials" standing around that day and just watching

the insurrection unfold into more and more chaos. They did nothing to help. LIHOP.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. A TFG supporter ordered his personnel to go into battle without riot gear

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Specifically, the lieutenant detailed how other squads wore Civil Disturbance Unit "hard gear," but the officer at the center of the complaint told his squad not to wear theirs. The lieutenant believed the decision "resulted in one or more officers being sent to the hospital."

The tipster also described the high-ranking officer leaning against a wall, taking no action, as other officers tried to hold back the mob.

It's unclear what investigators concluded in the case or if any disciplinary action was recommended. This spring, the Capitol Police inspector general told Congress that an order to hold back heavy riot-control weapons left the department at a grave disadvantage fighting the mob.