Deputy Mikie Sherrill said in a new interview that a suspicious group at the Capitol complex on January 5 – the day before a pro-Trump crowd stormed the building and forced Vice President Pence and hundreds of lawmakers into hiding – was wearing “MAGA hats and Trump stuff.”
Sherrill, DN.J., is among several Democrats in Congress who have claimed that some of their colleagues may have helped protesters with “recognition” before breaking into the Capitol. Sherrill revealed details about the alleged attire of those she says she saw on Capitol Hill in a lengthy interview with CBS in New York.
Sherrill also said that if the folks in the “MAGA hats and Trump stuff” were, in fact, doing the recognition, there is a possibility that members of Congress who have not yet been nominated, who may or may not be helping them, don’t have them know what they were doing.
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“I think it’s something that really needs to be investigated, because there is a possibility that they didn’t realize what some of these groups were doing, that they were constituent groups – and they shouldn’t have brought them to the Capitol complex,” Sherrill also said, according to CBS New York.
Congressman Mikie Sherrill, DN.J., takes the steps of the Chamber for a vote on the Capitol on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Sherrill is one of the members of the House who has warned that some lawmakers may have helped protesters before them invaded the Capitol on January 6. (Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
She continued: “In fact, they did, many of the members received a security briefing on January 3, the sergeant-at-arms replied to the new Congress that there were no tours allowed, even tours given by members. So they didn’t should be there. “
When asked to specify details about how many lawmakers she may have seen leading tours or which party the lawmakers were members of, Sherrill declined.
“I don’t want to specify who they were, as it is an ongoing investigation. I spoke to FBI people about this, and they called to ask about it,” she said, according to CBS in New York. “I really don’t want to know who it was at this point.”
Fox News contacted the US Capitol Police and House and Senate arms sergeants to ask questions about whether there is substance behind these allegations made by Democrats and whether there are active investigations. None of these agencies responded.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., At a news conference on Friday, said she could support lawmakers being prosecuted if a connection to those who attacked Capitol is revealed.
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“If it turns out that members of Congress were complicit in this insurrection,” she said. “It may be necessary to take steps beyond Congress in terms of the process for this.”
The crowd that invaded the Capitol on January 6 while Congress certified the results of the presidential election marched through the city from a rally held by President Trump earlier in the day. At the rally, Trump repeated false claims that he won the presidential election, which he had been doing for weeks.
A week later, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for “inciting insurrection”.