WASHINGTON – The Latest on congressional testimony about the Capitol insurrection (all times local): 11 a.m.
The acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police says there has been a more than 93% increase in the number of threats received by members of Congress in the first two months of this year compared with the same period last year.
Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman testified Wednesday before a House subcommittee. Pittman says there has also been more than a 118% increase in total threats from 2017 to 2020.
Pittman says the majority of the suspects behind those threats lived outside Washington, D.C. Pittman’s testimony comes nearly two months after thousands of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S.