House Dems call on FBI to provide 'immediate briefing' on Capitol Hill 'terrorist attack'
Five House Committees led by Democrats have sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray seeking an "immediate briefing on the FBI's efforts to investigate the deadly attack on the US Capitol."
"We request an urgent briefing for the Chairs and Ranking Members of the undersigned Committees on how the FBI is working to investigate and hold responsible the domestic terrorists who incited and executed yesterday’s attack on the Capitol, as well as how the FBI has been tracking this domestic terrorist group, how it prepared for the events on January 6, 2021, and how it plans to disrupt any further violent plans," they wrote.
The letter was signed by Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney, Committee on the Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler, Committee on Homeland Security Chair Bennie Thompson, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff, Committee on Armed Services Chair Adam Smith and Rep. Stephen Lynch.
“Given the incendiary environment caused and exacerbated by President Trump’s rhetoric, along with the upcoming inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden, it is imperative that the FBI leverage all available assets and resources to ensure that the perpetrators of this domestic terrorist attack and those who incited and conspired with them are brought to justice, and that this domestic terrorist group is disrupted from further actions against our government,” the Chairs wrote in a press release.
According to the release, the letter detailed how Trump incited the attack on the Capitol by repeatedly making false claims about the election being "stolen."
-ABC News' Mariam Khan