NEW: Lt. Gen. HONORE's post-Jan. 6 Capitol security review is done.

He wants: "Unblinking" integrated cameras, a retractable fence, a citywide quick reaction force and increased background checks to prevent "insider threat risks."

More details:

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
HONORE also recommends adding more than 800 Capitol Police units (to reduce the *720,000 overtime hours* in the last fiscal year) and setting up a citywide quick reaction force for emergencies.

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
AND Honore wants the Capitol Police to grow its meager intelligence unit to be able to process the rising threats to lawmakers both in DC and in their districts.

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
The full "1/6 Task Force" report:

politico.com/f/?id=00000178…
UPDATE: Lawmakers confront their own safety in the Capitol and at home after review finds numerous security gaps.

The latest, w/ @sarahnferris

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…

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9 Mar
NEWS: Prosecutors have charged a *second* Oath Keeper associated with Roger Stone for a role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Joshua James was one of the militia members IDed by the Times as a Stone security guard on Jan. 5-6. courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
To put a fine point on it: Here are the images the Times story who flag James as Oath Keeper 1: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
And here are the pictures prosecutors used in their affidavit:
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9 Mar
JUST IN: Prosecutors say Federico KLEIN's position as a State Department employee with a top secret clearance enhances their case to detain him pending trial.
Prosecutors continue to emphasize the extreme violence that took place in the lower west terrace tunnel, describing it as a "fanatical" and extended "hand-to-hand" battle.
Here's where they say the mob "fanatically" attack police in that tunnel:
Read 6 tweets
5 Mar
NEWS from @joshgerstein: A former State Department aide has become the first Trump administration appointee arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
WOW: @ktbenner gets the actual arrest affidavit for former State Dept aide Federico KLEIN. He was still employed there on Jan. 6, held a Top Secret clearance that was renewed in 2019 and is accused of multiple assaults on Capitol police. int.nyt.com/data/documentt…
AND: Most notably, Klein — who served in the military — is accused of egging on the crowd and calling for “fresh people” at the front to help push back on officers. That detail was previously cited by authorities as evidence of a coordinated assault.
Read 4 tweets
3 Mar
NEW: The commander of the DC National Guard say he relayed an urgent plea for aid to the Capitol at 1:49 p.m. on Jan. 6.

He didn't hear back from senior officials until 5:08 p.m.

Three hours and 19 minutes. rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Senior Pentagon official Robert Salesses has a different timeline than the DC National Guard commander.

rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
NEW: Another conflict has emerged in the timeline of the Jan. 6 security response:

The DC National Guard Chief says it took more than three hours for the Pentagon to react to a desperate plea for help. The Pentagon disagrees.

w/ @AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
Read 14 tweets
2 Mar
NEW filing documents one of the most brutal Jan. 6 assaults on Capitol police. Prosecutors are asking to hold Clayton Ray Mullins, who allegedly joined an assault on officers as they attempted to retreive Rosanne Boyland's body, one of five who died.
An image documenting the assault was partially redacted because Boyland was visible in it.

"Boyland’s associate, Justin Winchell, was attempting tobring Boyland’s body forward to law enforcement when the assaults of Officers A.W., B.M., and C.M. began."
MULLINS was later identified by someone who has a "30-year-banking relationship" with him, and he was spotted on Feb, 4 surveillance footage at his bank.
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1 Mar
NEW: Prosecutors are beginning to fill in the details of the Proud Boys assault on the Capitol, revealing details about their financing, planning and operations in a new court filing against leader Ethan Nordean.

The latest w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
@joshgerstein According to prosecutors, NORDEAN was tapped as a de facto leaer of the group after Enrique Tarrio's arrest on Jan. 4.

Nordean helped scout out the Capitol for weakly defended entrances, prosecutors say.

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
@joshgerstein Among other tactics Nordean helped orchestrate, per the filing: Dressing 'incognito' to avoid detection, spreading out at multiple Capitol entrances and recruiting"normies" — non Proud Boys — to join in the assault. politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
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