There have been reports of ‘inside’ help given to those who sought to harm lawmakers and Vice President Pence…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested Friday that any lawmakers found to have assisted in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol may be charged criminally.
Since the assault, a number of Democrats have voiced suspicions that some Republicans might have helped the rioters logistically in the days leading up to the deadly event.
Speaking to reporters Friday in the Capitol, Pelosi said the allegations will be investigated and could lead to prosecutions of sitting lawmakers.
“We must trust each other, respect the people who sent us here. We must also have the truth, and that will be looked into,” she said. “If, in fact, it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection — if they aided and abetted the crime — there may have to be actions taken beyond the Congress, in terms of prosecution for that.”…
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“Members of the group that attacked the Capitol seemed to have an unusually detailed knowledge of the layout of the Capitol Complex,” the Democrats wrote. “The presence of these groups within the Capitol Complex was indeed suspicious….