USCP Chief Sund: National Guard Deployment – Deliberate Security Sabotage Prior to January 6 (US)

[Disputed Fact – As to whether denial was deliberately coordinated versus negligent] United States Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund submitted requests for National Guard assistance – in advance of and during January 6, 2021 – that were denied six times by the House and Senate Sergeants at Arms, with the stated justification of political “optics.” Department of Defense officials additionally delayed the deployment of the DC National Guard (DCNG) by over 70 minutes after the Capitol breach had commenced. The Senate Bipartisan Report confirmed that security failures were systemic and that advance intelligence of specific threats was rated “remote” despite documented threat specificity. Sund has repeatedly stated under oath that denial of the National Guard request was the decisive operational failure.