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The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot Thursday បាននិយាយថា: Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) gave a tour of the building the day before the riot, strengthening ការចោទប្រកាន់ that legislators took groups on “reconnaissance” tours in preparation for the riot.

ការពិតសំខាន់

The committee has evidence that Loudermilk led a tour through areas of the Capitol complex on January 5, 2021, according to a Thursday លិខិត signed by committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).

Witness accounts suggest that some people attempted to collect information about the layout of the Capitol in advance of the riot, Thompson and Cheney wrote.

Loudermilk បដិសេធយ៉ាងខ្លាំង អ្នកប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ការអះអាង that legislators had led January 5, 2021 “reconnaissance tours,” calling the accusations unevidenced and “morally reprehensible.”

May 12, Loudermilk បានប្រកាស he had filed an ethics complaint against 34 Democratic representatives who បានស្នើ a police investigation into alleged “suspicious” Capitol tours.

Thompson and Cheney requested Loudermilk meet with the committee “soon,” and suggested meeting Monday.

Loudermilk did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes.

សាវតាសំខាន់

Less than a week after the riot, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) បានអះអាង she had seen unnamed members of Congress bring groups into the Capitol prior to the riot for reconnaissance. Sherrill and 33 other Democratic representatives signed a លិខិត claiming that some of the signatories encountered tour visitors on January 5 who “appeared to be associated” with the rally the subsequent day, and urging the Capitol Police to investigate the “unusually large” groups of people who allegedly found their way into the Capitol. Later, Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) បានប្រាប់ CNN that he and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) had seen Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) leading a “large” group on a Capitol tour in the week preceding the riot. Boebert បានបដិសេធ she had ever given a tour of the Capitol to an “outside group,” but said she had brought a small group of family members into the Capitol on January 2 and 3.

អានបន្ថែម

“Lawmakers Led ‘Reconnaissance’ Tours Of The Capitol Ahead Of Last Week’s Riots, Democratic Congresswoman Alleges” (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)