{"id":1530258,"date":"2022-06-28T08:04:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T12:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1530258"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:01:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T14:01:48","slug":"senate-sergeant-at-arms-during-jan-6-found-dead-had-suggested-professional-agitators-were-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-sergeant-at-arms-during-jan-6-found-dead-had-suggested-professional-agitators-were-to-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Sergeant-At-Arms During Jan. 6 Found Dead; Had Suggested \u2018Professional Agitators\u2019 Were To Blame"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fsenate-sergeant-at-arms-during-jan-6-found-dead-had-suggested-professional-agitators-were-to-blame%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=1530258&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 man who served as sergeant-at-arms for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\">U.S. Senate<\/a> during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/january-6\">January 6 riot<\/a>\u00a0and later suggested that \u201cprofessional agitators\u201d might be to blame for the incident has been found dead, according to reports<\/p>\n<p>Michael Stenger\u2019s death comes amid the House of Representatives\u2019 investigation of the riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. No cause of death was given for Stenger, a 35-year veteran of the Secret Service and a former U.S. Marine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFox confirms that Michael Stenger, the Senate Sergeant at Arms who was in charge of Senate security the day of the Capitol riot, has died,\u201d tweeted Fox News Channel\u2019s Chad Pergram.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1) Fox confirms that Michael Stenger, the Senate Sergeant at Arms who was in charge of Senate security the day of the Capitol riot, has died.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1541566743969234946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1541566743969234946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>Despite a lack of details, speculation swirled on social media, in part due to Stenger\u2019s proximity to the ongoing probe. Stenger was faulted along with former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund in a report by the Senate Rules Committee for not requesting aid from the National Guard. Soon-to-be-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) vowed to fire Stenger, who had held the post since 2018, if he was not ousted by January 20, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) \u201crequested and received the resignation\u201d of Stenger on Jan. 7, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ultimate blame for yesterday lies with the unhinged criminals who broke down doors, trampled our nation\u2019s flag, fought with law enforcement, and tried to disrupt our democracy, and with those who incited them,\u201d McConnell said at the time. \u201cBut this fact does not and will not preclude our addressing the shocking failures in the Capitol\u2019s security posture and protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sund never submitted a formal request to the Capitol Police Board for National Guard assistance ahead of the \u00a0riots, according to the Senate report. He had informal conversations with Stenger and Stenger\u2019s House counterpart, Paul Irving, but no one acted on the matter in advance of the riots, carried out by Trump supporters hoping to stop President-Elect Joe Biden from being formally elected.<\/p>\n<p>Stenger defended himself last year while testifying in the Senate investigation, and implied that the riots may have been fueled by \u201cprofessional agitators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an opportunity to learn lessons from the events of January 6,\u201d he said. \u201cInvestigations should be considered as to funding and travel of what appears to be professional agitators.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man who served as sergeant-at-arms for the U.S. Senate during the January 6 riot\u00a0and later suggested that \u201cprofessional agitators\u201d might be to blame for the incident has been found dead, according to reports Michael Stenger\u2019s death comes amid the House of Representatives\u2019 investigation of the riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. 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