{"id":1515079,"date":"2022-06-14T09:34:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515079"},"modified":"2022-06-14T09:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:34:44","slug":"capitol-police-nix-jan-6-panels-claim-gop-rep-led-recon-mission-day-before-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-nix-jan-6-panels-claim-gop-rep-led-recon-mission-day-before-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Police Nix Jan. 6 Panel\u2019s Claim GOP Rep. Led Recon Mission Day Before Riots"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fcapitol-police-nix-jan-6-panels-claim-gop-rep-led-recon-mission-day-before-riots%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=1515079&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--><p>The head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/capitol-riot\">United States Capitol Police<\/a> on Monday shot down claims by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/democrats\">Democrat<\/a>-run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/january-6\">January 6 Committee<\/a> that a GOP congressman led protesters on a reconnaissance mission on the eve of the riots.<\/p>\n<p>The panel had claimed Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) had ushered a group of protesters through the Capitol the day before supporters of then-President Donald Trump rioted and stormed the building. But Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger wrote in a letter to a GOP lawmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/congress\/capitol-police-debunk-jan-6-panel-allegation-gop-lawmaker-helped-rioters?utm_source=sf&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=twjs\">obtained<\/a> by Just the News\u00a0that there was no evidence supporting the claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no evidence that Representative Loudermilk entered the U.S. Capitol with this group on January 5, 2021,\u201d Manger wrote in a letter to Representative Rodney Davis (R-IL), the ranking Republican on the House Administration Committee. \u201cWe train our officers on being alert for people conducting surveillance or reconnaissance, and we do not consider any of the activities we observed as suspicious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The January 6 committee suggested GOP Rep Loudermilk had led rioters on a &#8216;reconnaissance&#8217; tour before the Capitol riot. Now, Capitol police debunk theory. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j8Zky2wcr1\">https:\/\/t.co\/j8Zky2wcr1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fvw54XLki8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fvw54XLki8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Byron York (@ByronYork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronYork\/status\/1536656440156364801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month, Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), leaders of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, called for Loudermilk to testify as to why he gave constituents the tour, suggesting he was leading a scouting mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on our review of evidence in the Select Committee\u2019s possession, we believe you have information regarding a tour you led through parts of the Capitol complex on January 5, 2021,\u201d Cheney and Thompson wrote.\u00a0\u201cThe foregoing information raises questions to which the Select Committee must seek answers. Public reporting and witness accounts indicate some individuals and groups engaged in efforts to gather information about the layout of the U.S. Capitol, as well as the House and Senate office buildings, in advance of January 6, 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Loudermilk\u2019s group of 12 to 15 constituents never entered the Capitol and only visited an exhibit in the Rayburn House Office building, Manger wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no time did the group appear in any tunnels that would have led them to the U.S. Capitol,\u201d Manger said. \u201cIn addition, the tunnels leading to the U.S. Capitol were posted with USCP officers and admittance to the U.S. Capitol without a Member of Congress was not permitted on January 5, 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis demanded that Johnson, Cheney, and Sherrill apologize and called for an ethics inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats need to be ashamed of themselves,\u201d Davis <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/all-things-trump\/jan-6-panel-gets-caught-spreading-whopper-worthy-russia-collusion\">told<\/a> the \u201cJust the News, Not Noise\u201d television show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the United States Capitol Police on Monday shot down claims by the Democrat-run January 6 Committee that a GOP congressman led protesters on a reconnaissance mission on the eve of the riots. 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