As the 6 January select committee’s hearings continue, the panel has released footage of a tour given the day before the Capitol riot by Republican Congressman Barry Loudermilk – pointing out that “Individuals on the tour photographed and recorded areas of the complex not typically of interest to tourists, including hallways, staircases, and security checkpoints.”
Mr Loudermilk denies that the tour provided a “reconnaissance” opportunity to his visitors, and a letter from the Capitol Police released earlier this week said that the force is not treating it as suspicious. However, the committee’s footage also showed that one of the people on Mr Loudermilk’s tour attended the riot the next day and filmed himself threatening Democratic members of Congress.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump has fired off a rant claiming that the committee is overlooking evidence that would substantiate his false claim that the presidency was stolen from him via electoral fraud.
“THEY CANNOT DEFEND THE FRAUD AND IRREGULARITIES THAT TOOK PLACE,” he wrote in capital letters on Truth Social. “The Committee is a SCAM!”
