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January 6

This guide documents the government investigation of the Capitol breach on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.

Investigation started 2.23.2021

4.15.2021	Committee on House Administration Oversight Of The United States Capitol Police And Preparations For And Response To The Attack Of January 6th. Testimony of Mr. Michael A. Bolton, Inspector General, United States Capitol Police. Hearing Video Recording United States Capitol Police Inspector General Summary and Recommendations Report 1 PDF United States Capitol Police Inspector General Summary and Recommendations Report 2 PDF Notice of Hearing PDF
4.14.2021	Prepared statement of Inspector General Michael A Bolton of the United States Capitol Police for Committee on House Administration April 15, 2021. Statment PDF
3.25.2021	Seven House committees launched a sweeping investigation into the federal government's handling of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. In letters to 16 agencies across the Executive Branch and Congress, the committees demanded all relevant documents and messages from Dec. 1, 2020, to Jan. 20, 2021. Letter text PDF
3.3.2021	Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing to examine the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Statement by United States Capitol Police Captain Carneysha C. Mendoza PDF Hearing Video Recording Witnesses Jill Sanborn Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. Department of Justice Sanborn statement PDF Robert G. Salesses Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense and Global Security U.S. Department of Defense Salesses statement PDF Major General William J. Walker, USA Commanding General District of Columbia National Guard Walker statement PDF
3.2.2021	Committee on the Judiciary Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: the January 6 Insurrection, Domestic Terrorism, and Other Threats Testimony: Christopher A. Wray Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Wray statement PDF Video Recording Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) (Download PDF)
2.25.2021	U.S. Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms, Security Failures on January 6 The House Appropriation Committee: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Video Recording Witnesses: Yogananda Pittman Acting Chief of Police, Chief Pittman Bio [PDF] Chief Pittman Statement [PDF] Timothy Blodgett Acting Sergeant at Arms, Tim Blodgett Bio [PDF] Tim Blodgett Testimony [PDF]
2.23.2021	Examining the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, Part I The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Rules and Administration Capitol security officials testimony. Video Recording Member Statements Chairman Gary C. Peters D (MI) Download Statement (140.6 KB) Ranking Member Rob Portman R (OH) Download Statement (114 KB Witnesses written testimonies Robert J. Contee III Acting Chief of Police Metropolitan Police Department Washington, D.C. Download Testimony (111.2 KB) Steven A. Sund Former Chief of Police (2019-2021) U.S. Capitol Police Download Testimony (120.1 KB) Michael C. Stenger Former Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (2018-2021) U.S. Senate Testimony-Stenger-2021-02-23 (137.4 KB) Paul D. Irving Former Sergeant at Arms (2012-2021) U.S. House of Representatives Download Testimony (134.5 KB) Captain Carneysha Mendoza Field Commander United States Capitol Police Special Operations Division Download Testimony (93.6 KB)