Acting as a Whistleblower, a former Senior Capitol Police Official alleges that Assistant Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman, and Acting Assistant Chief Sean Gallagher, got a Warning about a possible Attack on Congress, Weeks ahead of Jan. 6th, but Didn’t Share, that Information with other Capitol Police Officials, something the former Official says Pittman Lied to Congress about.
In a 16-page Letter, the former Official also slammed Investigators for their Failures, in particular the Failure to pin enough Blame on Pittman and Gallagher, who the Letter describes as “simply watch[ing] mostly with their hands on their laps” as their Subordinates fought to Defend the Capitol
Pittman told Congress that a Dec. 21 Intelligence Report, which Warned that People were Sharing Maps of the Capitol Online, and talking about Armed Confrontations with Members of Congress, had been Shared with Assistant Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs. But the Whistleblower, says that Claim is “unconditionally false.” Pittman and Gallagher were the “only officials that had all the intelligence information for the 6th.” Because of them, the Letter alleges, the Capitol Police were Not prepared for what happened on Jan. 6, for things they should have known were coming.
“The failures and inactions of these two prior to and on the 6th unquestionably contributed to the death of officers and the serious physical and emotional injury of hundreds of other members of law enforcement. It contributed to the death of citizens and caused harm to the reputation of the Congress, the USCP and other commanders,” the former Official writes. “Yet, the truth of their performance is not in the command-and-control report and appears to be of little importance to the congressional community. It is obvious that the congressional community has purposefully failed to provide the truth to the members of the USCP that fought so valiantly to protect them on the 6th. This level of dishonesty must start at the top and taints every level of USCP oversight throughout this Congress.”
By contrast, the Letter Writer hails some “leadership heroes of the day,” who s/he says were on the Scene and putting themselves at Physical Risk in Defense of the Capitol. But the Intelligence Failures, and the Failure of Congress and other Investigators to pin those on Pittman and Gallagher, loom largest in the Letter.
“Ultimately, the IIAD, that they supervised, produced approximately 50 pages of documents in a dozen plus reports reference the demonstrations on the 6th, These documents did NOT contain the critical information that was possessed and needed by the Department to operationalize a plan and procure the resources to stop this attack. In 50 pages, there was one paragraph tacked on page 15 of one document that vaguely spoke of the target of the demonstration being Congress this time. The remaining 99% of the 50 pages of documents, including those produced after the one assessment, repeated the chances of any police action were ‘unlikely or remote’.”
The Capitol Police Rejected the Accusation that its Leaders could have predicted anything close to the Scale of the Violence on Jan. 6. “Based on all the intelligence the USCP received before January 6, we were aware of the potential for violence from some demonstrators,” a Spokesman said in a Statement. “Based on the intelligence, the Department enhanced its security posture. However, no one’s intelligence revealed the large-scale demonstration would become a large-scale attack.”
In a Joint Statement, Members of the Capitol Police’s Executive Team, including Pittman and Gallagher, said that although “there is more work to do, many of the problems described in the letter have been addressed.”
“The United States Capitol Police has implemented, and continues to implement, many of the critical recommendations called for in a series of post January 6 reviews,” they said. “The letter from the former employee echoes the thoughtful recommendations in those reports.”
What I do not understand: The Permit states there will be, No March to the Capital, and Only After the Voting is Finished, Individuals could go to the Capital to Protest. Why was the March allowed to Start?
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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