Officers Speak With Congresswoman Speier, Look Back at Jan. 6 Capitol Riot

Thursday volition beryllium a hard day for galore people, not conscionable successful Washington D.C., but crossed the country.

On Jan, 6, 2021, rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers ran for safety, portion constabulary officers fought to support the assemblage back. Only to beryllium beaten.

On the eve of the anniversary, Bay Area Congresswoman Jackie Speier spoke with 2 of those officers astir the ongoing probe into the attack.

Speier hosted those who battled the assemblage successful a virtual municipality hallway she titled, “Fighting Fascism successful America.”

Officers accidental they judge the onslaught was coordinated and tin hap again.

“Not overmuch has changed since Jan. 6, 2021,” said 1 of the officers. “Still person politicians engaged successful convulsive rhetoric galore ways they person doubled down.”

A twelvemonth later, officers accidental the Capitol is inactive vulnerable. Speier said backing for reinforcement enactment inactive needs to beryllium approved by the senate.

She says investigators are making advancement holding rioters accountable, filing national transgression charges against much than 700 people.

More than 100 person pleaded guilty.

Sergeant Aquilino Gonel said the Department of Justice and the House Select Committee connected the Jan. 6 onslaught should displacement their absorption to members of Congress who whitethorn person helped pb the effort.

“Charges are being brought up, radical are being held accountable including elected officials,” said Gonel.

The FBI inactive has to place the idiosyncratic successful videos seen placing tube bombs astatine the enactment and antiauthoritarian nationalist caput quarters.

While the hunt for answers continues, Congresswoman Speier says it's wide the constabulary officers who risked their lives, and adjacent mislaid their lives, saved our democracy.

“If it were not for you we would beryllium surviving nether autocracy, I judge it was that close,” she said. “That adjacent to Donald Trump overturning the election, putting himself backmost successful office.”

In Washington Wednesday, the Capitol constabulary main said successful anticipation of imaginable incidents astatine Congress Thursday, an enactment program is successful place.

But constabulary staffing is down by much than 400 officers.