(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The Democrat-led Jan. 6 committee’s allegations against Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., have been contradicted by an ironic source, with the new Capitol Police chief debunking the disinformation spread by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s posse.
The investigative committee accused Loudermilk of leading a group of protesters on a reconnaissance mission the day before the riots, Just the News reported.
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger, who has been appointed since the Jan. 6 protests, wrote a letter to Congress stating that a thorough review of the security footage showed Loudermilk only giving constituents a tour of congressional office buildings.
According to Manger, the Congressman did not even enter the Capitol building with the group.
“There is no evidence that Representative Loudermilk entered the U.S. Capitol with this group on January 5, 2021,” Manger wrote in a letter to Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., the ranking Republican on the House Administration Committee.
“We train our officers on being alert for people conducting surveillance or reconnaissance, and we do not consider any of the activities we observed as suspicious.”
Davis, who also led a review of all security footage leading up to the day of the protest, demanded that the Democrats who defamed Loudermilk apologize and face an ethics inquiry.
“The Democrats need to be ashamed of themselves,” Davis said.
The accusation originated with Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Mo., and Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
The two representatives released a letter to the media in May demanding Loudermilk give testimony and explain the tour he gave.
“Based on our review of evidence in the Select Committee’s possession, we believe you have information regarding a tour you led through parts of the Capitol complex on January 5, 2021,” Cheney and Thompson wrote.
In the letter, they cited an earlier letter from Rep Mikie Sherrill, D-Va., accusing several GOP lawmakers who gave tours on Jan. 5, 2021 of “suspicious behavior.”
“The presence of these groups within the Capitol Complex was indeed suspicious,” Sherrill wrote.
Manager’s letter has cleared Loudermilk, as he noted that those in his group of 15 people never even reached the Capitol.
