Insurrection? Capitol Police Officers’ Statement Attacks Republican Leaders McConnell and McCarthy Over Refusal to Support Democrats’ January 6 Commission
Anonymous U.S. Capitol Police officers issued a statement on official department letterhead to reporters Wednesday afternoon attacking Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for refusing to support the Democrats’ commission to investigate the January 6 riot at the Capitol.
The statement was first reported by Politico’s Olivia Beavers, “NEWS: The U.S. Capitol Police have issued a statement to members of Congress expressing “profound disappointment” with McConnell and McCarthy’s positions on the Jan. 6 commission, citing the “trauma” that officers endured that day.”
https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1395116769623281672
Beavers later clarified the letter was not from the department but by a group of officers, “Clarification: This came from members of the USCP who used official letterhead,
