Newly-elevated interim Capitol Police Chief Sean Gallagher faced a whistleblower complaint and a “no-confidence” vote over the handling of Jan. 6 and was also found to have cheated on timesheets in a decade-old internal affairs probe.
Three days before Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving rejected Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund’s request for National Guard help because Mr. Irving said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) would “never go for it,” Mr. Sund testified before a House subcommittee on Sept. 19
Much like he did in his book “Courage Under Fire,” Mr. Sund partly blamed Ms. Pelosi and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley for failing to provide him and his officers with intelligence that suggested problems on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 and the potential for the situation to spiral out of control.
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