Lawmakers want accountability from Capitol Police. But for years, they additionally rebuffed transparency efforts
The riotous assault on the U.S. Capitol that left five uninteresting and practically vexed the federal govt has spurred congressional leaders to position an dispute to a “sturdy” inquiry into the “solutions-boggling” failure of nationwide security.“They'd perchance have blown the assign up. They'd perchance have killed us all,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told journalists this week as he demanded answers. Yet congressional leaders want no longer respect a long way for accountability. Congress itself is each and every consumer and overseer of the U.S Capitol Police — a secretive agency whose procedures and actions have been kept under wraps for many years by lawmakers themselves.“The Capitol Police is uniquely opaque, even amongst federal law enforcement,” talked about Jonat...
