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`We do not collect domestic intelligence. We rely on the congressional police and federal law enforcement to provide a forecast of the situation. Based on that assessment, they believe there is enough
The statement was released by the Pentagon after the US military was criticized for not providing timely support to law enforcement forces to prevent a group of protesters supporting President Donald Trump from entering and causing chaos at the parliament building.
The District of Columbia National Guard sets up a security fence outside the US Capitol building, January 6.
`I can’t speak to the police assessment and whether we would have taken a different view or done more,` spokesman Hoffman said.
The US Capitol Police were judged to have `weakly responded` to the actions of the rioters.
Steven Sund, chief of the US Capitol Police, said the violence against the US Capitol building was `unlike any violence I have ever experienced in my 30 years of law enforcement in Washington, DC`.
The failure of the US congressional police against Trump supporters
The US Capitol Police were powerless before the protest crowd.
US Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said that the US Capitol Police on January 6 were `overwhelmed` by protesters.
According to McCarthy, during the meeting on December 31, the US congressional police and the Department of Homeland Security only proposed deploying about 340 national guardsmen to `support traffic intersections, creating favorable conditions for the crowd.`
The US Secretary of the Army said intelligence information about the scale of the protest on January 6 said everything was `under control`, with about 2,000-80,000 people participating.
McCarthy said it was `difficult to fully understand` the situation at the US Capitol when chaos broke out and how the guards `coordinated with law enforcement and began the operation` to suppress the protesters.
`For about an hour, it was clear that the forces at the US Capitol were very confused. Only then did the leaders arrive at the scene and hastily put together a plan and urgently ensured security for the Capitol to
Trump supporters flooded into the US Capitol building, January 6.
The US Secretary of the Army said the Pentagon `is not involved in any planning or emergency measures` regarding security at the US Congress, adding that all military support missions must have
McCarthy announced the District of Columbia National Guard would significantly increase its force and additional security measures in the area.
