Speaker Pelosi to hold security briefing ahead of Sept. 18 rally planned by Trump supporters.
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited her fellow congressional leaders from the House and Senate to attend a security briefing about an upcoming rally planned at the Capitol in support people who were arrested during the Jan. 6 riot.
The Jan. 6 riot was led by a group of supporters of former President Donald Trump, who sought to stop the Electoral College vote count in a bid to overturn his electoral defeat. Five people died that day, including a police officer who was later determined to have had a stroke and a rioter who was shot by police. Several more police officers who responded to the riot died by suicide in the intervening months.will ultimately be charged in relation to the riot.
Pelosi said at a press conference Wednesday morning that briefings have already been taking place for the House Administration Committee. The speaker said that she will have an announcement about security preparation at some point in the near future. She then briefly recounted the serious threat lawmakers faced on Jan. 6, saying that people who participated in the Jan. 6 riot were “out to kill members of Congress.”
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