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</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><a href="https://www.americanoversight.org/investigation/the-january-6-attack-on-the-u-s-capitol">https://www.americanoversight.org/investigation/the-january-6-attack-on-the-u-s-capitol</a></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">On the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was meeting to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, a violent and&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-capitol-riot-weapons_n_5ffcff2fc5b6c77d85e96e56" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">heavily armed mob</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. While lawmakers and staff were shepherded to secure locations or barricaded behind doors, the rioters pushed past severely outnumbered Capitol Police officers, breaking windows and vandalizing offices, many with disturbingly violent intentions toward members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence for their having refused to succumb to Trump’s attempts to overturn the election in his favor. Five people were killed, including one Capitol Police officer who was beaten by rioters.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">The&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/11/capitol-riot-self-coup-trump-fiona-hill-457549" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">attempted coup</span></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-briefed-plot-overthrow-government_n_5ffd29a4c5b691806c4bf199?cte" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">was not</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;a spontaneous act. “The invasion of the U.S. Capitol … was stoked in plain sight,”&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/capitol-rioters-planned-for-weeks-in-plain-sight-the-police-werent-ready" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><i style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">ProPublica&nbsp;</span></i><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">reported</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">, with Trump supporters having for weeks discussed openly their plans for a violent overthrow. Their goal of stopping the election certification, based on unfounded conspiracy theories of widespread voter fraud, was&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/politics/republicans-capitol-riot.html" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">encouraged by elected officials</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;like Rep. Mo Brooks, Rep. Paul Gosar, Sen. Josh Hawley, and Sen. Ted Cruz. The biggest instigator, of course, was the former president himself, who for months had fanned the flames of conspiracy and earlier that day&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/12/donald-trump-texas-impeachment-effort" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">urged the crowd</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;to march to the Capitol and “fight.”</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">But beyond the important issue of who was complicit in inciting the seditious and violent attack, questions remain about how the mob was able to so easily breach Capitol security and why it took so long to secure the building. Just 1,400 Capitol Police officers were on duty at the time, and National Guardsmen didn’t arrive until hours after the invasion began. As Americans watched the rioters storm through the building, news reports circulated that&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/military-riots-national-guard-response/2021/01/11/f435812e-5444-11eb-89bc-7f51ceb6bd57_story.html" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">the Pentagon</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;— which has authority over the D.C. National Guard —&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/maggienyt/status/1346989618239926273" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">and the president</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;had&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/byaaroncdavis/status/1346908166030766080" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">initially denied</span></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sund-riot-national-guard/2021/01/10/fc2ce7d4-5384-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">requests for the deployment</span></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/pentagon-national-guard-washington-455822" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">of Guardsmen</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">.&nbsp;</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">The delay in National Guard deployment has been at the center of ongoing unresolved questions about what was happening behind the scenes, including regarding the timeline of the deployment authorization. A Pentagon inspector general report said that the D.C. National Guard was informed of the authorization at 4:35 p.m. on Jan. 6, but the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/11/18/william-walker-january-6-inspector-general/" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Guard maintained</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;it was not told until 5:08. (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1478143020231008258" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Documents we obtained</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;in early 2022 show that acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen sent an email at 4:27 p.m. saying that he had heard from Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy that the troops were on their way to the Capitol.) In court filings made in April 2022, the House select committee investigating the attack&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/22/gop-lawmakers-deeply-involved-in-trump-plans-to-overturn-election-new-evidence-suggests-00027340" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">said that it was “clear”</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;that Trump had “never telephoned his Secretary of Defense that day to order deployment of National Guard, and never contacted any federal law enforcement agency to order security assistance to the Capitol Police.”</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/what-happened-trump-jan-6-insurrection/" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Public reporting</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;has revealed that, during the attack’s first three hours, Trump watched the violence play out on TV, ignoring calls from allies and others to call off the mob. Trump’s daughter and adviser, Ivanka Trump, reportedly pleaded with her father to act and was&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/us/politics/ivanka-trump-jan-6.html" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">later called to testify</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;before the select committee.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">In the days following the attack, federal law enforcement did not brief the public. Information about the events was shared largely through media reports and interviews, in which various&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sund-riot-national-guard/2021/01/10/fc2ce7d4-5384-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">officials pointed fingers</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">.&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/capitol-police-accountabiliy-lapses-oversight/2021/01/12/15cbd23c-5389-11eb-89bc-7f51ceb6bd57_story.html" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Capitol Police</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;— an agency with a budget larger than that of most major-city police forces — are part of the legislative branch, thus&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-capitol-police-is-not-subject-to-freedom-of-information-laws-jan-6-could-change-that_n_5ffddefbc5b63642b6ffa9c5?we&guccounter=1" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">not subject</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;to the Freedom of Information Act, and have been heavily criticized in the past for not releasing information to the public.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Since the attack, American Oversight has obtained several important public records that shed more light on the events of Jan. 6 and the surrounding days.&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-obtains-top-justice-dept-officials-call-logs-from-jan-6" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Justice Department call logs</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;show a number of calls between top department officials and the White House on the afternoon and evening of the attack, and timelines from the Secret Service detail agency activities that day, including those undertaken by agents who were part of Vice President Mike Pence’s detail. We also obtained a&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21095613-dhs-records-of-usss-communications-and-directions-about-events-during-congressional-certification-of-the-2020-election-results#document/p18" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Jan. 5 Secret Service briefing</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;on planned demonstrations around D.C., as well as a note about a&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21119416-doj-communications-and-directives-about-events-at-capitol-during-congressional-certification-of-2020-election-results#document/p177" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Jan. 3 call</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;with top officials from the Departments of Defense, the Army, Justice, the Interior, and Homeland Security.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">In March 2021, American Oversight obtained copies of the fake electoral slates from Trump supporters in seven states in support of Trump after the November 2020 election. The documents, part of the former president’s desperate bid to cling to power in his final months in office, drew significant scrutiny in&nbsp;</span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-joe-biden-presidential-elections-election-2020-electoral-college-311f88768b65f7196f52a4757dc162e4" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">the House’s investigation</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;of the efforts to disrupt the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s win.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">By the spring of 2022, the select committee had spoken to&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-select-committee-interim-report-timeline/" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">more than 650 witnesses</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;and issued nearly 100 subpoenas for testimony. In March 2022, the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/29/trump-white-house-logs/" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><i style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Washington Post</i></a>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">and CBS News reported that records turned over to the committee from the White House showed a gap of more than seven hours in Trump’s phone records from that day, including during times that the president made and received calls that had since been&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/jan-6-insurrection-capitol/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">publicly reported</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">.&nbsp;</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">In April, the select committee obtained more than 100 emails from Trump lawyer John Eastman, after a federal judge ruled against Eastman’s assertion of attorney-client privilege. In his ruling, the judge wrote that Trump had “more likely than not” committed felony obstruction in his efforts to overturn his loss. But numerous questions still remain about the planning of and response to the riot.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">As the public demands answers, American Oversight has filed dozens of FOIA requests and six federal lawsuits against multiple agencies to learn more about how the federal government — including the Defense Department, the White House, and federal law enforcement agencies — responded to the attack. We’ve requested related communications and directives, and are also seeking any assessments about the threat of militia violence that were prepared in advance of the attack by the FBI, the Pentagon, or the Department of Homeland Security. We are also seeking the communications of top Defense and Army officials with Trump or Vice President Pence, as well as&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-sues-doj-and-dhs-for-trump-officials-communications-with-fox-news-hosts-and-big-lie-proponents" data-uw-rm-brl="false" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">officials’ communications with Fox News hosts</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">&nbsp;and Trump campaign associates.</span></font></p></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">
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</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">RECORDS REQUEST TO THE INDIANA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS WITH AMERICA FIRST LEGAL...RECORDS REQUEST TO THE INDIANA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKING COMMUNICATIONS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD ROKITA AND SOLICITOR GENERAL THOMAS FISHER WITH AMERICA FIRST LEGAL.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">May 5, 2022</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Records request to the Indiana Office of the Attorney General seeking communications of Attorney General Todd Rokita with associates of America First Legal.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Read more&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">RECORDS REQUEST TO INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS WITH SELECT HERITAGE FOUNDATION STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE ELECTION LAW WORKING GROUP</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">March 7, 2022</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Records request to Indiana Attorney General Rokita seeking communications with Heritage Foundation staffer&nbsp;<b>Alexander Phipps and prominent members of the Election Law Working Group.</b></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Read more&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">RECORDS REQUEST TO OFFICE OF THE INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKING AG ROKITA’S COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING PROMINENT RAGA FUNDERS</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 16, 2021</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Records request to the Office of the Indiana Attorney General seeking Attorney General Todd Rokita's communications with and about prominent funders of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA). Rokita was recently elected to serve on RAGA's Executive Committee.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Read more&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">RECORDS REQUEST TO THE OFFICE OF THE INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKING EMAILS WITH HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND ITS ELECTION LAW WORKING GROUP</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 4, 2021</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Records request to the Office of the Indiana Attorney General seeking Attorney General Todd Rokita's email communications with the&nbsp;<b>Heritage Foundation and its Election Law Working Group.</b></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Read more&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">RECORDS REQUEST TO INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING STATE INVESTIGATION INTO BIG TECH</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">April 14, 2021</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Records request to the Office of the Indiana Attorney General seeking communications with other state attorneys general and select external groups concerning a state investigation launched in April 2021 into the business practices of big tech companies.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Read more&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">RECORDS REQUEST TO INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS WITH ATTORNEYS WHO FORMULATED TEXAS’ ELECTION LAWSUIT PLAN</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">March 18, 2021</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Request to the Indiana Attorney General seeking communications with the Trump campaign-affiliated attorneys who formulated the plan for Texas to sue states in an attempt to nullify their impending electoral votes. This request also seeks external communications concerning Texas' lawsuit.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Read more&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">RECORDS REQUEST TO INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR LEGAL ANALYSIS OF TEXAS LAWSUIT SEEKING TO OVERTURN 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">February 16, 2021</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Records request to the Indiana Attorney General seeking any legal analyses of the lawsuit Texas v. Pennsylvania, which sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Indiana signed on to a joint brief supporting TexasÕ position.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Read more&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">REQUEST TO THE INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKING COMMUNICATIONS WITH DOJ AND STATE AGS WHO BACKED TEXAS EFFORT TO OVERTURN ELECTION RESULTS, AND RELATED MEETING RECORDS</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">February 8, 2021</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Request to the Indiana Attorney General seeking communications with the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general who backed Texas' effort to overturn the presidential election results in various states. We're also seeking any related meeting or call records.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Read more&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">RECORDS REQUEST TO IDAHO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE FOR RECORDS RELATED TO RLDF’S INVOLVEMENT WITH JAN. 6 RALLY OR INSURRECTION</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">January 1, 2021</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Request request to the Idaho Attorney General's Office seeking any investigative details and findings concerning the Rule of Law Defense Fund's involvement with the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rally or the ensuing Capitol riot.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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