{"id":1508547,"date":"2022-06-09T07:19:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1508547"},"modified":"2022-06-09T07:19:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:19:33","slug":"5-questions-that-must-answered-before-the-j6-committee-begins-its-theatrical-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-questions-that-must-answered-before-the-j6-committee-begins-its-theatrical-production\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Questions That Must Answered Before The J6 Committee Begins Its Theatrical Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F5-questions-that-must-answered-before-the-j6-committee-begins-its-theatrical-production%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1508547&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Adam-Kinzinger-Crying.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The House Committee on Jan. 6 will launch its dramatic summer hearings tonight in a prime time show trial <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/07\/former-abc-news-president-producing-primetime-j6-show-trial-hearings\/\">produced<\/a> by a former ABC News executive as desperate Democrats aim to shift the narrative ahead of the midterms. <\/p>\n<p>The nine members of the Select Committee appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will introduce the panel\u2019s findings and question a pair of witnesses while presenting graphic footage of the riot to a nationwide audience. Every cable network, except Fox News, will broadcast the proceedings in an arrangement sought by the partisan probe to elevate the evening\u2019s drama shining light on a three-hour riot that happened more than 18 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Absent from the panel asking questions, however, will be any Republicans appointed by GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy after Pelosi took the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/07\/21\/nancy-pelosi-kicks-ranking-republicans-jim-jordan-jim-banks-off-partisan-jan-6-commission\/\">self-proclaimed<\/a> \u201cunprecedented\u201d step of barring Reps. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, from the probe. Instead, Pelosi hand-picked the most vocal pair of NeverTrump House members to serve in their place, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who serves as vice chair and was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/11\/16\/wyoming-gop-no-longer-recognizes-liz-cheney-as-a-republican\/\">disowned<\/a> by her own party. <\/p>\n<p>House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik told reporters on a press call Tuesday the prohibition on minority-appointed members for the first time in congressional history renders the Select Committee illegitimate, as it was established in violation of House rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Committee is not about seeking the truth,\u201d Stefanik said. Meanwhile, the committee established to probe the Capitol riot declares Pelosi\u2019s own culpability off-limits in pursuit of prosecution against political dissidents. Former Donald Trump Trade Advisor Peter Navarro was the first to be <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/03\/trump-trade-adviser-peter-navarro-indicted-on-contempt-of-congress-charges-from-jan-6-witch-hunt-probe\/\">indicted<\/a> by the Justice Department last week based on committee conduct. <\/p>\n<p>But before the Select Committee continues with a national soap opera for the cameras, here are five questions that must be answered.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Why Did Nancy Pelosi Delay Deploying the National Guard?<\/h2>\n<p>Not only was the National Guard not present to reinforce Capitol barriers with Capitol Police, it took three hours for the Guard that was standing idly by to receive the final green light for deployment as the complex was being ransacked. <\/p>\n<p>Four days after the riot, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, who resigned his post in the aftermath,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/sund-riot-national-guard\/2021\/01\/10\/fc2ce7d4-5384-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html\">told<\/a>\u00a0The Washington Post his request for pre-emptive reinforcement from the National Guard ahead of Jan. 6 was rejected by Pelosi. Sund\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/insurrection-at-the-capitol\/2021\/01\/15\/957239755\/pelosi-taps-honore-retired-military-leader-to-lead-capitol-security-review\">said<\/a>\u00a0House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, overseen by Pelosi, thought the guard\u2019s deployment was bad \u201coptics\u201d two days before the raid. Pelosi and House Democrats had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Julio_Rosas11\/status\/1349439530558885888?s=20\">previously condemned<\/a>\u00a0the presence of federal troops in the nation\u2019s capital to quell the violent mobs overrunning the city in the name of social justice.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/27\/sources-nancy-pelosi-sergeant-at-arms-paul-irving-national-guard-capitol-riot\/\">cited<\/a>\u00a0three sources familiar with Irvin\u2019s conversations with the House Administration Committee after the riot. The sergeant of arms said discussions with the speaker\u2019s staff were factors in his \u201cblender of decision making.\u201d The Caller\u2019s sources remained anonymous, \u201cciting the fear of putting a chill on further witnesses to how the security situation unfolded Jan. 6.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Questions remain, then, about what conversations Pelosi had about the deployment of the National Guard before and during the riot, and why Sund\u2019s requests were rejected not once, but six times, as the former police chief told the Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>In what was portrayed as a blockbuster revelation from the committee in December, texts from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/25\/both-warned-of-potential-j6-violence-meadows-put-national-guard-on-standby-while-pelosi-refused-them\/\">made clear<\/a> the National Guard would, at minimum, be on standby.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Why Did the Sergeant at Arms Refuse to Cooperate With the Senate?<\/h2>\n<p>In the Senate\u2019s 128-page bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rules.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Jan%206%20HSGAC%20Rules%20Report.pdf\">report <\/a>published in June last year, lawmakers in the upper chamber outlined \u201cnotable exceptions\u201d among those who cooperated with committees. Among them was Irving\u2019s office, which \u201cdid not comply with the Committees\u2019 information requests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Pelosi\u2019s chief security advisor in the House who engaged in discussions about the National Guard with the speaker, what did Irving hide from senators that representatives now have no interest in uncovering? Pelosi\u2019s deputies in the lower chamber have already been ordered by the speaker to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/04\/pelosi-is-blocking-access-to-house-january-6-records-what-is-she-hiding\/\">conceal <\/a>any information from members of the minority. <\/p>\n<h2>3. Why Were The Capitol Police Half-Staffed?<\/h2>\n<p>Capitol Police were made aware of the potential for mass unrest unfolding at their doorstep on Jan. 6. They had been warned by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/capitol-police-ignored-intelligence-warnings-ahead-jan-6-riots-watchdog-n1264054\">according<\/a> to a report from the Capitol Police inspector general. <\/p>\n<p>Beyond internal intelligence assessments, however, the risk of turmoil capping off an election cycle with repeated outbreaks of widespread violence was enough to lead the parking attendants to restrict access. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the possibility of large-scale public protests, access to the Capitol plaza will be restricted,\u201d read an email from the House Parking Team on the eve of the riot. \u201cFor the safety and security of personnel on the House campus, we ask that staff strongly consider parking in the Cannon and Longworth House Underground Garages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/doj-memo-declining-criminal-prosecution-for-ashli-babbitts-shooter\/\">According<\/a> to a DOJ memo revealed in a separate lawsuit with Judicial Watch, \u201cnormal staffing for a joint session was less than half\u201d of what is \u201cusually assigned\u201d to the lower chamber on Jan. 6. Was Pelosi made aware of the staffing shortage?<\/p>\n<h2>4. Why Were the Few Capitol Police Who Were On Duty So Unprepared? <\/h2>\n<p>In their report last summer, complete within six months as opposed to Pelosi\u2019s Committee taking 18 to coincide with the upcoming midterms, the Senate revealed Capitol Police weren\u2019t just understaffed the day of the riot. They were ill-trained and ill-equipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[U.S. Capitol Police\u2019] Civil Disturbance Unit operates on an \u2018ad hoc\u2019 basis, without sufficient<br \/>training or equipment,\u201d lawmakers found. They continued, emphasis added:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Of USCP\u2019s 1,840 sworn officers, only approximately 160 are trained in advanced civil disturbance tactics and use of \u2018hard\u2019 protective equipment. <strong>Fewer than ten<\/strong> are trained to use USCP\u2019s full suite of less-than-lethal munitions. On January 6, some of the \u2018hard\u2019 protective <strong>equipment was defective<\/strong> or not staged in close proximity to the officers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rank-and-file officers were also not given periodic training in civil disturbance, even after the year of unrest that plagued the nation\u2019s capital. Short on equipment and training to quell a mass demonstration, the Capitol Police were overpowered at their barriers as the National Guard took three hours for approval of assistance. <\/p>\n<h2>5. Were FBI Informants Present On Jan. 6? If So, How Many, and What Did They Do? <\/h2>\n<p>In January, Newsweek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/exclusive-secret-commandos-shoot-kill-authority-were-capitol-1661330\">revealed<\/a> the Justice Department deployed \u201cnational\u201d forces from the FBI installation at Quantico operating with \u201cshoot-to-kill authority\u201d as a precautionary measure ahead of the riot. At a committee hearing days later, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz demanded an agency executive answer about the FBI\u2019s potential provocative involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many FBI agents or confidential informants actively participated in the events of Jan. 6?\u201d  Cruz asked the Executive Assistant Director for the FBI\u2019s National Security Branch Jill Sanborn.<\/p>\n<p>Sanborn <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/11\/fbi-refuses-to-say-how-many-informants-were-involved-in-jan-6-violence\/\">repeatedly refused<\/a> to answer, even as evidence mounts of the FBI\u2019s presence at the Capitol, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/25\/us\/politics\/capitol-riot-fbi-informant.html\">confirming report <\/a>in The New York Times. <\/p>\n<h2>Don\u2019t Expect Answers From the J6 Committee<\/h2>\n<p>Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., made clear the panel had no interest in probing Pelosi\u2019s culpability, even as the speaker\u2019s failures remain at the center of the security breach. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the charge that we have in the resolution, it says the facts and circumstances around January 6,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cI don\u2019t see the speaker being part and parcel to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans disagree. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is culpability here because the speaker is responsible for the security of the Capitol,\u201d Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry said on Tuesday\u2019s call with reporters. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Committee on Jan. 6 will launch its dramatic summer hearings tonight in a prime time show trial produced by a former ABC News executive as desperate Democrats aim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1508547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1508547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}