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In an interview with [[Washington D.C.]] police chief Steve Sund, ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported the chief “believes his efforts to secure the premises were undermined by a lack of concern from House and Senate security officials who answer directly to Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] and Senate leader [[Mitch McConnell]].”  ''[[WaPo]]'' reported, “Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect [[Joe Biden]]’s victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into Washington in protest. To be on the safe side, Sund asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the D.C. National Guard be placed on standby in case he needed quick backup.  But, Sund said Sunday, they turned him down.”  D.C. Mayor [[Muriel Bowser]]'s chief of staff admitted, “this guy is on the phone, I mean, crying out for help. It’s burned in my memories.”<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/ex-capitol-police-chief-says-pelosi-mcconnells-sergeants-at-arms-refused-security-measures-while-new-timeline-proves-trump-incitement-claims-bogus/</ref>

In an interview with [[Washington D.C.]] police chief Steve Sund, ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported the chief “believes his efforts to secure the premises were undermined by a lack of concern from House and Senate security officials who answer directly to Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] and Senate leader [[Mitch McConnell]].”  ''[[WaPo]]'' reported, “Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect [[Joe Biden]]’s victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into Washington in protest. To be on the safe side, Sund asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the D.C. National Guard be placed on standby in case he needed quick backup.  But, Sund said Sunday, they turned him down.”  D.C. Mayor [[Muriel Bowser]]'s chief of staff admitted, “this guy is on the phone, I mean, crying out for help. It’s burned in my memories.”<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/ex-capitol-police-chief-says-pelosi-mcconnells-sergeants-at-arms-refused-security-measures-while-new-timeline-proves-trump-incitement-claims-bogus/</ref>

According to ''Roll Call'' magazine, Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told House investigators that although a communication breakdown kept her and other department leaders in the dark about an [[FBI]] warning of “war” at the Capitol, they would not have changed the security posture leading up to the January 6, 2021 attack even if they had seen the message.

According to ''Roll Call'' magazine, Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told House investigators that although a communication breakdown kept her and other department leaders in the dark about an [[FBI]] warning of “war” at the Capitol, they would not have changed the security posture leading up to the January 6, 2021 attack even if they had seen the message. Pittman received an overwhelming vote of no confidence from the union that represents the rank and file, and officers have been critical of Pittman’s role in communicating over the radio during the attack.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2021/02/16/lawmakers-capitol-police-board-unmoved-by-union-no-confidence-vote/</ref>

The intelligence from the FBI’s field office in [[Norfolk]], Va., was emailed to a Capitol Police lieutenant in the department’s Protective and Intelligence Operations unit on January 5, 2021.  “That information was not then forwarded any further up the chain,” Pittman testified.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2021/02/25/acting-capitol-police-chief-downplays-value-of-fbi-warning-about-jan-6/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_content=02/25/2021</ref>  Pittman’s testimony differs from that of her predecessor, former Chief Steven Sund who was on the job during the riot, who testified before a joint Senate panel that the FBI report warned of [[Antifa]] violence.<ref>https://www.rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Testimony_Sund.pdf</ref>

The intelligence from the FBI’s field office in [[Norfolk]], Va., was emailed to a Capitol Police lieutenant in the department’s Protective and Intelligence Operations unit on January 5, 2021.  “That information was not then forwarded any further up the chain,” Pittman testified.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2021/02/25/acting-capitol-police-chief-downplays-value-of-fbi-warning-about-jan-6/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_content=02/25/2021</ref>  Pittman’s testimony differs from that of her predecessor, former Chief Steven Sund who was on the job during the riot, who testified before a joint Senate panel that the FBI report warned of [[Antifa]] violence.<ref>https://www.rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Testimony_Sund.pdf</ref>