Former Capitol Police chief says officials' concerns about 'optics' led to Jan. 6 security failures
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Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said his requests for federal assistance on January 6 were initially denied by a Pelosi appointee due to "optics."
Sund said he requested heightened security a number of times in the days before January 6. On Jan. 3, he was told by Pelosi appointee Paul Irving, who was serving as the Sergeant at Arms, that intelligence didn’t support the need for the National Guard, and he didn’t like the "optics."
"His concern for the optics, I believe, goes back to Pelosi's statement that she referred to the federal agents and National Guard on the streets of America as ‘stormtroopers,’" Sund explained. "And I think she just didn't want the look of stormtroopers up on the Hill."
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