‘It’s Like They Wanted This to Happen,’ Texas Lawmaker Tells Jan. 6 Hearing

Republican Texas Rep. Troy Nehls told a House of Representatives hearing that January 6 was an “epic law-enforcement failure” in part because intelligence was not just ignored by senior leaders of Capitol Police, “it’s like they wanted this to happen.”
Appearing before a Jan. 6 “field hearing” of GOP lawmakers at the capitol visitor center, Nehls said intelligence about possible trouble at the Capitol was covered up at the highest levels of Capitol Police in the days and weeks before Jan. 6, 2021.
“January 6, folks, was a law-enforcement failure, an epic law-enforcement failure,” Nehls told a June 13 hearing hosted by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)….}