
Jan. 6 Committee Seeks Interviews with Top Secret Service Officials
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is planning to interview top Secret Service officials and agents.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is planning to interview top Secret Service officials and agents.
Some FBI agents may have felt “sympathetic” toward the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters and would not be enthusiastic about bringing cases against the insurrectionists, someone warned the bureau in an email.
The Secret Service was warned about potential violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, earlier than previously known, according to emails and other messages revealed in a congressional hearing Thursday.
The Secret Service was warned about threats against U.S. Capitol Police made by at least one neo-Nazi group ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection obtained “thousands of exhibits” from Secret Service agents, the chairman of the panel said.
The Justice Department has issued about 40 subpoenas over the past week for information about the 2020 election and the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, marking the latest developments in a sprawling investigation into former President Donald Trump’s actions.
Tony Ornato, an assistant director at the Secret Service, left the agency Monday for a job in the private sector.