Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Capitol Police to obtain videos and documents pertaining to last month’s breach of the Capitol building. The organization said in a statement that it filed the lawsuit under the common law right to access public records, after the Capitol Police “refused to provide any records” in response to a Jan. 21 request. Email communications between the Capitol Police’s executive team and the Capitol Police Board about security on Jan. 6 were sought by the conservative-leaning watchdog group. It also requested emails between the Police Board and the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Homeland Security about security details that day—as well as all video footage from inside the Capitol between 12 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Jan. 6, according to Judicial Watch. “The public has a right to know about how Congress handled security and what all the videos show of …Read More
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