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>>> IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR
MILITARY AND SECURITY OFFICIALS
INCLUDING THE HEAD OF THE D.C.
NATIONAL GUARD WILL TESTIFY
BEFORE THE SENATE AS CONGRESS
CONTINUES ITS VERY IMPORTANT
PROBE INTO THE JANUARY 6th
ATTACK.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WILL ALSO
HEAR FROM ACTING U.S. CAPITOL
POLICE CHIEF AT THE TOP OF THE
HOUR.
THIS COMES AFTER MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE GRILLED FBI DIRECTOR
CHRISTOPHER WRAY ABOUT THE
MISSTEPS THAT OCCURRED ON
JANUARY 6th AND WHY THERE
WEREN’T MORE WARNINGS ABOUT A
POTENTIAL ATTACK.
HE DEFENDED HIS AGENCY’S ACTIONS
WHILE ALSO WARNING THAT THE
THREAT OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM,
EXTREMISM, IS ONLY GROWING.
>> THE JANUARY 6th WAS NOT AN
ISOLATED EVENT.
THE PROBLEM OF DOMESTIC
TERRORISM HAS BEEN METASTASIZEIN
ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR A LONG
TIME NOW AND IT’S NOT GOING AWAY
ANYTIME SOON.
AT THE FBI WE’VE BEEN SOUNDING
THE ALARM ON IT FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS NOW.
>> JOINING ME NOW SOMEONE WHO IS
NOT JUST A LAW ENFORCEMENT
EXPERT, SHE WAS INSIDE THE
CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6th, FLORIDA
CONGRESSWOMAN VAL DEMINGS.
CONGRESSWOMAN, WELCOME.
THE FBI DIRECTOR WAS VERY CLEAR
ABOUT THE THREAT.
YOU WERE THE POLICE CHIEF OF
ORLANDO.
AS SOMEBODY WHO TRULY
UNDERSTANDS THIS BUSINESS, WHAT
MORE SHOULD WE BE DOING TO
ADDRESS THE RISE OF DOMESTIC
TERRORISM AND EXTREMISM?
>> WELL, STEPHANIE, IT’S GREAT
TO BE WITH YOU.
LET ME JUST SAY THIS, IT IS GOOD
TO HEAR FROM THE DECISION-MAKERS
OF THE EVENTS ON JANUARY 6th, SO
I’M PLEASED TO HEAR -- I WAS
PLEASED TO HEAR FROM THE CHIEFS
AND SERGEANT-AT-ARMS LAST WEEK
AND DELIGHTED TO HEAR FROM THE
FBI DIRECTOR THIS WEEK AND WE
KNOW THERE WILL BE OTHER
INTERVIEWS, BUT LET ME JUST SAY
THIS, AS YOU’VE HEARD THE
DIRECTOR SAY, WE’VE BEEN DEALING
WITH DOMESTIC TERROR IN THIS
COUNTRY FOR A WHILE.
HE HAS TALKED ABOUT A SPIKE IN
CASES.
THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH OR
WORKING ABOUT 2,000 CASES SINCE
JANUARY 6th.
THE QUESTION IS HOW WHAT?
ARE WE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT
ATTACK?
WE HAD A TOTAL BREAKDOWN IN
COMMUNICATIONS AND I THINK ALL
OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
INVOLVED HAVE TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WE USED
TO SAY BREAKDOWN IN
COMMUNICATION CAN GET SOMEBODY
KILLED AND UNFORTUNATELY IT DID.
AND SO WE HAVE TO STAY ON HOW
WAS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN IN
THE FIRST PLACE?
WHY WEREN’T THERE BETTER SHARING
OF INTELLIGENCE?
LOOK, I’M QUITE FAMILIAR WITH
THE TASK FORCES BETWEEN THE
FEDERAL AGENCIES, LOCAL AND
STATE, AND THE SHARING OF
INFORMATION AND SOMETIMES SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES THAT EXIST,
BUT ON A DAY LIKE THIS THERE WAS
PLENTY OF OPEN SOURCE
INFORMATION OUT THERE.
SO I’D CERTAINLY LIKE TO KNOW
WHY DIDN’T THE FBI AND OTHERS
TAKE THAT INFORMATION MORE
SERIOUSLY AND PREVENT THE
ATTACK, OR AT LEAST BE BETTER
PREPARED FOR THE ATTACK ON THE
6th.
>> BUT IN ALL HONESTY CAN WE
MOVE FORWARD IN A PRODUCTIVE
WAY?
TERROR THREATS, SECURITY
SHOULDN’T BE POLITICAL, BUT THEY
ARE.
YESTERDAY CHUCK GRASSLEY STARTED
THE HEARING TALKING ABOUT THE
THREAT OF ANTIFA.
IT CAME UP A NUMBER OF TIMES
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND HERE IS
THE THING, OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, TIED TO
THE JANUARY 6th ATTACK, NONE OF
THEM HAVE BEEN ANTIFA, NONE OF
THEM HAVE BEEN FAKE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS, YET WE’RE ACTUALLY
HEARING SITTING MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS SAY IT OVER AND OVER.
>> STEPHANIE, WE’VE GOT TO GO
BACK WITH WHY THE ATTACK ON THE
CAPITOL IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WE WERE THERE WATCHING THE
PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER, THE
CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTORAL
VOTES, BUT WE ALSO KNOW EVEN
AFTER BEING ATTACKED THERE ARE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, BOTH
CHAMBERS, WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO
CARRY THE BIG LIE FORWARD.
THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL WAS A
DIRECT RESULT OF THE ELECTION
AND THE BIG LIE THAT IS BEING
CARRIED.
SO BACK TO QUESTIONS THAT NEED
TO BE ASKED, PERHAPS THE
QUESTION NEEDS TO BE HAS THE FBI
INTERVIEWED ANY OF THE MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS IN BOTH CHAMBERS TO
SEE WHAT INTELLIGENCE THAT THEY
HAVE ABOUT OTHERS BEING
INVOLVED?
I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE
SHUT THAT DOWN AS WE PREPARE FOR
THE NEXT ATTACK.
WE’VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE SAFE AND THAT INFORMATION IS
CRITICAL.
EITHER PROVE, PROVIDE EVIDENCE,