Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said his force also received the report, but that the email did not come with any sort of alert to its importance. 5 Norfolk report was reviewed by a Capitol Police sergeant assigned to a law enforcement joint terrorism task force, who sent it to an official in the Capitol Police intelligence division - but it was not forwarded to Sund. Sources tell NPR the information was worrisome because of its specificity but was based on one or two sources - generally not enough to start deploying police or the National Guard.Ĭapitol Police Chief Sund said in his Feb. The NYPD and Norfolk information contains raw intelligence that isn't yet validated or analyzed.
Park Police, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and other agencies. The head of the FBI's Washington Field Office, Steven D'Antuono, later says that information is shared with the FBI's "law enforcement partners" through the bureau's Joint Terrorism Task Force. It releases its advisory report after FBI analysts find a roster of troubling information including specific threats against members of Congress, an exchange of maps of the tunnel system under the Capitol complex and organizational plans like setting up gathering places in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and South Carolina so extremists can meet to convoy to Washington.įBI Norfolk officials share what they have discovered with counterparts in D.C., the Post reports. The FBI Field Office in Norfolk, Va., issues an explicit warning that extremists have plans for violence the next day, as first reported by the Post. He said "optics" did not play a role in the decision. 23 hearing, Irving said he, Sund and Stenger together concluded that National Guard support was not necessary. 23 testimony to a joint Senate committee hearing, Sund says Irving "was concerned about the 'optics' of having National Guard present and didn't feel that the intelligence supported it." Sund says that instead of approving use of the National Guard, Stenger suggested Sund instead ask how quickly they could get support and to ask that Guard members "lean forward" in case they were needed. Sund says he asked permission from Stenger and Irving to request the Guard be placed on standby in case the protest gets out of control. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger and House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving convene to discuss a possible role for the D.C. law prohibits anyone from carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of any First Amendment activity. He's released the next day and told to leave Washington. He is charged with destruction of property and possession of high-capacity firearm magazines.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrests Enrique Tarrio, leader of the far-right Proud Boys group.
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