Official confirms it was a Republican Congressman giving a Capitol tour to insurrectionists ahead of

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) confirmed the account by Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) that insurrectionists were doing a "reconnaissance tour" with a member of Congress the day before the attack.

Rep. Sherrill did a 13-minute video on Facebook Tuesday evening recalling seeing the incident.

"I can confirm that," Rep. Maloney told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace. "I don't have firsthand knowledge of it, but I spoke to a member who saw it personally, and he described it with some alarm. Some of our new colleagues, the same ones, of course, who believe in conspiracy theories and who want to carry guns into the House chamber, who today, today, have been yelling at Capitol Police, shoving them. Who a week ago were risking their lives to save ours. This conduct is beyond the pale, and it extends to some of this interaction with the very people who attacked the Capitol, and that's why the issue of making sure every member of Congress now goes through a metal detector, which has never happened before, is so important for the security of the inauguration and for our proceedings and it's a sad reality that we find ourselves at a place where the enemy is within, and we cannot trust our own colleagues."

https://www.rawstory.com/republican-capitol-tour-insurrectionist/

[brewens]

1. The silence on the video is deafening. You know they have it by now. If it was ordered handed over

and not, that would be big news. Someone would blow the whistle. I'm hoping it's being analyzed and preparation being made to take some people into custody.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[bdamomma]

3. Ms Boebert

needs to watched very carefully along with Marjorie Green and other freshmen Representatives who have sick ideals and right wing looney theories.

[Bev54]

4. He did not confirm it was a man that did the tour only

that it was a man who told him about it.

[trueblue2007]

5. expell them and put them in the slammer