MP Mikie Sherrill (DN.J.) said on Tuesday that she witnessed colleagues escorting people across the Capitol on January 5 for what she described as “recognition” before the next day’s violent uprising that left five dead.
In a 13-minute video on Facebook announced as a speech to its constituents about the House’s efforts to hold President Donald Trump accountable for inciting the riot, Sherrill included the allegation as part of a call to hold Trump’s allies in Congress accountable as well.
“I also intend to see that the members of Congress who incited him – the members of Congress who had groups passing through the capital that I saw on January 5 for recognition the next day – the members of Congress who incited the violent crowd, the members of Congress who tried to help our president undermine our democracy, I will see to it that they are held accountable, “said Sherrill.