Capitol Police whistleblower delivers scathing rebuke to two of its senior leaders on Jan. 6

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"The whistleblower accuses Gallagher and Pittman of deliberately choosing not to help officers under attack on Jan. 6 ... that Pittman lied to Congress about an intelligence report Capitol Police received..."

Capitol Police whistleblower delivers scathing rebuke to two of its senior leaders on Jan. 6
The whistleblower alleges, among multiple serious allegations, that former acting chief Yogananda Pittman lied to Congress about an intelligence report Capitol Police received before that day’s riot.
politico.com
12:40 PM · Oct 8, 2021

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/08/capitol-police-whistleblower-rebuke-jan-6-515696

A former high-ranking Capitol Police official with knowledge of the department’s response to the Jan. 6 attack has sent congressional leaders a scathing letter accusing two of its senior leaders of mishandling evidence and failing to respond properly during the riot.

The whistleblower, who requested anonymity for privacy reasons and left the force months after the attack, sent the 16-page letter late last month to the top members of both parties in the House and Senate. His missive makes scorching allegations against Sean Gallagher, the Capitol Police’s acting chief of uniformed operations, and Yogananda Pittman, its assistant chief of police for protective and intelligence operations — who also served as its former acting chief.

The whistleblower accuses Gallagher and Pittman of deliberately choosing not to help officers under attack on Jan. 6 and alleges that Pittman lied to Congress about an intelligence report Capitol Police received before that day’s riot. After a lengthy career in the department, the whistleblower was a senior official on duty on Jan. 6.

The whistleblower’s criticism went beyond Capitol Police leaders to Congress. Without naming specific lawmakers, his letter accuses congressional leaders of having “purposefully failed” to tell the truth about the department’s failures.

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[lagomorph777]

1. Ruh-Roh!

I hope this helps us prevent another such deliberate failure.

[2naSalit]

2. K&R

[Lunabell]

3. Wow, cracks in the brotherhood wall are showing.

Good. I hope those traitors go down.

[blm]

4. So shifting blame AWAY from Steven Sund who

was actually in charge. This sounds more like a set up to protect Sund. Want to bet the Congress members this guy accuses will be Dem leaders?

I don’t think this is a legitimate whistleblower scenario.

[chowder66]

6. I think you may be right or on to something.

I'm still reading the whole letter but looking up two names referenced so far.....

Thomas Lloyd
https://www.rollcall.com/2019/02/15/capitol-police-crackdown-on-press-escalates-to-physical-altercation/


Eric Waldow
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/30/capitol-police-trump-insurrection-485138

Pretty sure one of the dems he's mad at is Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) referenced in the article.

I bet there are some real concerns and real grievances that need to be further investigated but there may be some amount of bias in it as well (maybe on either side of the failures).

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/16/968307742/u-s-capitol-police-union-issues-no-confidence-vote-for-top-leaders

on edit: I'll add that even if there were mistakes by any of the officers (mentioned or not), the majority including Thomas Lloyd and Eric Waldow fought valiantly.

[chowder66]

5. I believe this person... but there are a couple of others that dispute that Gallagher and Pittman

were idly standing by. That needs to be looked into along with everything else.

The anger in this whistleblower's letter is very palpable. I hope there is a further investigation.