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CBS News Justice Correspondent -- Syracuse University and WJPZ radio alum — 90's R&B superfan

Aug 3, 2024, 6 tweets

ALERT: Inspector General releases report on US Secret Service response to Jan 6

Noteworthy findings.. including this image. Items seized at Ellipse before Trump speech

"Service official told us he'd never seen the number of ballistic vests & gas masks that he saw on Jan 6"

So .... how many knives and cannisters of chemical spray were seized *before* Trump supporters arrived at Capitol?

Look at this number... items confiscated at White House Ellipse earlier in the day =====>

The rioters came soooooo close to VP Pence on Jan 6

If US Capitol Police hadn't re-directed them at the last minute

Per the new inspector general review ====>

The text exchange between the Secret Service division chief and the then-US Capitol Police Chief at 1:01pm on Jan 6, 2021

Before the peak of the violence

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!!!! US Secret Service canine teams did not discover pipe bomb outside Democratic Natl Committee headquarters ahead of VP-elect Kamala Harris's arrival on Jan 6. Her motorcade came within 20 feet of it

MORE: Then-Vice President Elect Kamala Harris spent nearly 2 hours in proximity to a viable pipe bomb on Jan 6, 2021 at Democratic party headquarters

Internal review finds Secret Service did NOT employ key explosive detection capabilities for security sweep

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