WASHINGTON – Congress is set to hear from former U.S. Capitol security officials for the first time about the massive law enforcement failures on Jan.
6, the day a violent mob laid siege to the building and interrupted the presidential electoral count. Three of the four scheduled to testify Tuesday before two Senate committees resigned under pressure immediately after the deadly attack, including the former head of the Capitol Police.
Much remains unknown about what happened before and during the assault, and lawmakers are expected to aggressively question the former officials about what went wrong.
How much did law enforcement agencies know about plans for violence that day, many of which were public? How did the agencies share that