Former Capitol Police Chief Delivers Devastating Public
Pelosi Criticizes Trump:
A heated exchange erupted between Nancy Pelosi and former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund over January 6 security failures.
Pelosi attacked Trump’s federal law enforcement actions in D.C., saying,
“Donald Trump delayed deploying the National Guard on January 6th when our Capitol was under violent attack and lives were at stake.”
She suggested Trump’s current initiatives were politically motivated to distract from other failures.
Sund’s Rebuttal:
Sund responded sharply: “Ma’am, it is long past time to be honest with the American people.” He revealed he requested National Guard support on January 3, 2021, but was blocked, claiming it was “shot down by Pelosi’s own Sergeant at Arms.”
Legal and Bureaucratic Constraints:
Sund highlighted legal limits, noting he was “prohibited from calling [the Guard] in without specific approval” under federal law.
He described delays during the riot:
requests were stalled “for over 70 agonizing minutes.”
Hypocrisy Accusation and Context:
Sund accused Pelosi of post-attack political theater: “when it suited you, you ordered fencing topped with concertina wire and surrounded the Capitol with thousands of armed National Guard troops.”
This clash occurs amid Trump’s federal D.C.
