US Capitol police chief claims request for help declined on multiple occasions during riot

US Capitol police chief Steven Sund, who recently anunced his resignation, said that his request for ditional support during storming of US Congress building on January 6 was declined or delayed. Sund, while speaking to Washington Post, said that he h me several requests to House security officials to initiate formal steps to keep National Guard on standby but his requests were igred. This comes after reports emerged that or branches of law enforcement ncies were rey to provide more people to secure US Congress building but one from US Capitol police asked for help. 

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Kenneth Rapua, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security in US DoD, said last week that Pentagon was rey to provide ditional resources to US Capitol police but was told y would t require outside help. However, Sund in his latest interview to Washington Post contricted Rapua's claim and said he requested House and Senate security officials several times to keep National Guard on call, but it fell on deaf ears. Sund said if US Capitol police h support of that extra resource from National Guard, y could have held protesters at bay for longer until more help arrived. 

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insurrection

A riotous mob laid siege to US Congress building on January 6, where a joint session to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory was underway. unrest led to an immediate evacuation of Congress members from House as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed building and stirred chaos. President Trump is accused of inciting his supporters, who later breached security at Capitol Hill. Five people, including a Washington DC police officer, died during insurrection. January 6 was only second time in history when a mob infiltrated US Congress building. 

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Trump never conceded defeat to President-elect Joe Biden even after election results clearly showed latter won more than 300 electoral votes, way above 270-mark needed to win presidential polls in US. Trump kept levelling baseless allegations of "election fraud" and "irregularities", posting conspiracy ories on Twitter. On January 6, he called upon his supporters to gar outside Capitol Hill building, where president dressed m and dubbed m "real patriots". After a mob stormed US Congress building moments after his speech, Trump issued a mess asking his supporters to go back home in peace and respect law and order. 

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