A lot was going on that day. We have Ray Epps on film urging protesters to storm the building, yet Ray Epps was not arrested and charged like so many others who did nothing to incite violence like Epps did. That tells us there were operatives in the crowd inciting violence that were protected from arrest by the democrats falsely claiming the mob was incited by Trump. Were doors left open and unguarded? Apparently so. Did guards take selfies with protesters and walk around the Capitol with them while chatting amicably? Apparently so.
Question: "Did Capitol Police let a mob of Trump supporters into the building?" Answer: We didn’t find evidence of that.
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Ryan, who leads the House committee that controls the Capitol Police budget, said he was shocked by some of the images of police interactions with rioters, and would be demanding answers from Capitol Police Chief Steven A. Sund.
"Is that a training issue? I just don’t know," Ryan said. "The Capitol is getting stormed by a mob and you’re taking selfies with, you know, the people. It’s crazy, just crazy."
But the viral, 14-second video clip (#) that some are using to claim that officers willingly let rioters past barricades and into the Capitol is being misrepresented online, said journalist Marcus Diapola, who shot the video.
"They definitely didn't just open the barriers," Diapola told PolitiFact. "The pro-Trump rioters made a fist like they were going to punch the cops, which is why I started recording. Then (police) backed off the barricades.
(#) P.S. Note that democrats hid thousands of videos and destroyed some evidence in an apparent attempt to cover up facts that did not agree with their leftist narratives.