Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) released a redacted advance copy of a report entitled, “The Secret Service’s Preparation for, and Response to, the Events of January 6, 2021″ to Congress. After studying the 82-page report, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-GA, Chairman of the Committee on House Administration’s Oversight Subcommittee, released what he identified as the top takeaways and areas of concern.
According to Loudermilk, on January 6, the United States Secret Service (USSS) was responsible for securing former President Trump’s speech at the Ellipse, protecting and moving then-Vice President Mike Pence, and protecting and moving then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. This report identified serious failures by the USSS with respect to communications with other law enforcement agencies and the USSS failing to properly secure the DNC where the USSS failed to detect an explosive device in front of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) where then-Vice President-elect Harris was driven within feet of the device, he explained.
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