{"id":1906996,"date":"2023-03-30T00:25:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T04:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/target-of-reconnaissance-tour-story-fires-back-at-january-6-committee\/"},"modified":"2023-03-30T00:31:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T04:31:23","slug":"target-of-reconnaissance-tour-story-fires-back-at-january-6-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/target-of-reconnaissance-tour-story-fires-back-at-january-6-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Of \u2018Reconnaissance Tour\u2019 Story Fires Back At January 6 Committee"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftarget-of-reconnaissance-tour-story-fires-back-at-january-6-committee%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=1906996&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>A House Republican leader accused the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/january-6-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 6 Committee<\/a> of knowingly spreading false allegations about him giving a \u201creconnaissance tour\u201d a day before the 2021 U.S. Capitol breach.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), the target of those allegations, shared this week the initial findings of his inquiry into the January 6 panel in his capacity as chairman of the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the subcommittee continues to go through over 2 million documents provided by the January 6th Select Committee, our initial review has found that their work was solely focused on pushing a pre-determined narrative and they selectively chose \u2018facts\u2019 to fit that narrative,\u201d Loudermilk said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/loudermilk.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the target of one of those narratives, when they accused me of giving a \u2018reconnaissance tour,&#8217;\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019ve uncovered documents that prove the committee knew that the allegation that I gave a \u2018reconnaissance tour\u2019 was verifiably false, yet continued to make public accusations and ultimately printed that lie in their final report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the center of the allegations was a group of people including adults and children that Loudermilk visited as they toured office buildings in the U.S. Capitol complex on January 5, 2021. A day later, on January 6, a crowd of people breached the Capitol building, disrupting lawmakers who were meeting to certify President Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 election victory.<\/p>\n<p>Loudermilk attracted scrutiny from the now-defunct January 6 Committee as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jan\/07\/list-republicans-voted-to-reject-election-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dozens of Republican lawmakers<\/a> who voted in favor of Electoral College objections over concerns of fraud and other issues. A\u00a0week after January 6, accusations of a \u201creconnaissance tour\u201d began to spread among Democrats, Loudermilk notes in a <a href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-cha.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/tour-accusation_timeline-summary-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">timeline summary document<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After reviewing security footage, the U.S. Capitol Police said in a June 2022 letter that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/14\/politics\/barry-loudermilk-reconnaissance-tour-capitol-police\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cthere is no evidence\u201d<\/a> that Loudermilk entered the U.S. Capitol building itself with the group on January 5. \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 added Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this determination by law enforcement, Loudermilk said the January 6 Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net\/static\/2022\/06\/letter-loudermilk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soon released a letter<\/a> with \u201cselectively edited \u2018evidence&#8217;\u201d regarding the tour.<\/p>\n<p>There is more.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman pointed to the January 6 Committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jan-6.com\/_files\/ugd\/acac13_ffa28ed6c2694272a265860e447122c7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final report<\/a>, which the timeline document faults for \u201crepeating false claim of Loudermilk giving \u2018a tour of the Capitol.&#8217;\u201d That final report, released in December, also briefly discusses a tour participant who attended former President Donald Trump\u2019s January 6 rally on the Ellipse. But this individual, Trevor Hallgren, told the committee he only ever got within <a href=\"https:\/\/ia804704.us.archive.org\/7\/items\/january-6th-committee-witness-testimony-20220407-trevor-hallgren\/20220407_Trevor%20Hallgren_text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 to 300 yards<\/a> of the Capitol building on January 6 and he has not been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/capitol-breach-cases?combine=Hallgren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused of any crimes<\/a> in connection to the breach.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5P3rOlJc1tY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published a video<\/a> showing the January 6 Committee\u2019s \u201cselective\u201d clips of the tour followed by the \u201cfull\u201d footage of him on January 5. In addition, Loudermilk shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/rSzUpYFJLdk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> from one of the visitors in the group that his office says the January 6 Committee received and \u201cshows that the group was solely watching the Congressman go to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Loudermilk said,\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s clear their work isn\u2019t credible, and they owe every individual whose reputation they attempted to smear an apology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-1306\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, responded to Loudermilk\u2019s disclosure by criticizing Republicans for how they have conducted the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Ranking Member of the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee, I find it unacceptable \u2013 but not surprising \u2013 the Republican majority has released these findings without previously sharing any information with the Democratic minority, including myself, my office, and the committee\u2019s Democratic staff,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/torres.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/oversight-subcommittee-ranking-member-torres-statement-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not held any meetings, public or private, to discuss this process,\u201d Torres added before accusing Republicans of ignoring security concerns and siding with \u201cconspiracy theorists.\u201d She specifically mentioned Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-scolds-republicans-over-tucker-carlson-airing-january-6-tapes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aired never-before-seen<\/a> security Capitol footage from January 6.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who gave Carlson access to the tapes, has accused the January 6 Committee of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tucker-carlsons-use-of-january-6-tapes-is-limited-republican-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fostering \u201cpoliticization.\u201d<\/a> He recently told <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/congress\/tuemccarthy-blasts-jan-6-democrat-probers-tarring-gop-lawmaker-when-evidence?utm_medium=social_media&#038;utm_source=twitter_social_icon&#038;utm_campaign=social_icons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a> that the January 6 Committee\u2019s handling of matters such as the Loudermilk allegations \u201cputs into question everything else they have said.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A House Republican leader accused the January 6 Committee of knowingly spreading false allegations about him giving a \u201creconnaissance tour\u201d a day before the 2021 U.S. Capitol breach. 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Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), the target of those allegations, shared this week the initial findings of his inquiry into the January 6 panel in his capacity as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1906997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[23074,4384,5231,3780,4178,4650,12074],"class_list":["post-1906996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-reconnaissance","tag-committee","tag-fires","tag-january","tag-story","tag-target","tag-tour"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906996","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1906996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1906997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}