LIVE: Capitol Police Training, Intelligence Errors Faulted in Riot | Top News
Published Date: 6/8/2021
Source: Bloomberg Quicktake: Now
(June 7) A Senate investigation into the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol found sweeping intelligence and law enforcement errors, including a lack of proper training and preparation for police who were unable to prevent protesters from breaching the building. The report, released Tuesday, found that Capitol Police had intelligence that an attack on the Capitol was possible but failed to communicate that properly and faulted bureaucratic delays for a failure to quickly call in the National Guard. It’s the first bipartisan review of the attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, but it does not address causes of the insurrection or Trump’s role in it. “It’s unsettling that our intelligence-gathering agencies lacked the ability to recognize the profound threat posed by domestic violent extremist groups,” said Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat. The report -- issued by Democrats Gary Peters and Amy Klobuchar and Republicans Rob Portman and Roy Blunt -- does include, without comment, the full transcript of Trump’s speech to supporters just before the riot in which he called on them to march to the Capitol. “If you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country anymore,” he said, eventually leading to allegations he incited the violence. --- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake