WASHINGTON – The Latest on congressional testimony about the Capitol insurrection (all times local): 11:45 a.m.
A top security official has testified that he was “stunned” over the delayed response to a request for National Guard help during the mob riot at the Capitol.
Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III told a joint Senate hearing Tuesday that the former U.S. Capitol Police chief was “pleading” with Army officials to deploy Guard troops as the violence rapidly escalated Jan.
6. The District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police officers had joined to help U.S. Capitol Police during the attack. Contee says police officers “were out there literally fighting for their lives” but the officials on the call appeared to be going