They're also calling it an "insurrection."
So, as Dick Atlee notes, there's clearly a Fifth Column hard at work to make the USA a Nazi dictatorship, under Donald Trump. Thank God the FBI, and media, are on it!
From the Fordham U Center on National Security
Tuesday, January 12, 2021:
Two Capitol Police Officers Suspended, Others Investigated for Possible
Involvement in Riot
Two U.S. Capitol Police officers were suspended and up to 15 more are under
investigation for their behavior during last week's assault on the Capitol.
At a press conference Monday, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), who chairs the
subcommittee that funds the police force, stated that one officer had been
suspended after taking a selfie with a member of the mob that overtook the
Capitol. The other had worn a “Make America Great Again” hat and started
directing people around the building. Ryan confirmed that between 10 and 15
other officers were also under investigation for their behavior during the
riot. Details of the suspensions were limited, Ryan explained. He stated,
“I don’t have any direct evidence of, as yet, of any kind of inside job.”
Democratic House members have also raised questions about potential
sympathies for the attackers among the Capitol Police ranks. House Majority
Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) has questioned whether some Capitol Police officers
were complicit in Wednesday’s insurrection. He pointed to rioters’ uncanny
knowledge of the location of lawmakers’ offices. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
who chairs a House committee that oversees the Capitol Police addressed
social media videos showing suspect behavior: “A number of social media
[posts] have indicated concerns about individual officers who...may have
taken selfies with these seditionists or even let them in.” She stated the
“need to thoroughly investigate” those instances, while acknowledging that
“many officers...responded with tremendous bravery.”
Federal agents are looking into allegation about whether current and former
law enforcement officers played a role in the riot. At least seven officers
from five police departments located elsewhere in the country have come
under internal investigations for their presence in Washington during the
assault. These include one officer from New York, one from Philadelphia,
two from Seattle, two from Virginia and one from Texas. The number may grow
as investigators and the public sift through social media and lodge
allegations about officers involved in the siege. No law enforcement member
has been charged with a crime to this point. Still, the insurrection has
raised many questions about how the mob breached the U.S. Capitol. It has
already led to the resignations of Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund and the
sergeants-at-arms of the Senate and of the House, Michael Stenger and Paul
D. Irving. CNN, Roll Call, NBC News, NPR, Washington Post
Related:
New York Times: Justice Dept. Pursues at Least 150 Suspects in Capitol Riot
Associated Press: Why National Guard’s Role Was Limited During Riot
CBS News: President Trump Admits to House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy That
He's Partly to Blame for Violence at U.S. Capitol