Before he found out on Twitter that Pelosi had blocked him from the panel, Banks said he was meeting with Gus Papathanasiou, the leader of the Capitol Police union, and wanted Papathanasiou to testify.
“We were prepared to ask questions that no one else has asked and demand answers as to why the Capitol was vulnerable to an attack on Jan. 6,” Banks said. “Why was there a systemic breakdown of security at the Capitol on Jan. 6?”
Banks, who would have been the top Republican on the Select Committee, had been planning to focus attention on Pelosi’s role in Capitol security.
“Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, has more control and authority and responsibility over the leadership of the Capitol Police than anyone else in the United States Capitol,” Banks said. “So she doesn’t want us to ask these questions because at the end of the day, she is ultimately responsible for the breakdown of security at the Capitol that happened on Jan. 6.”
The Capitol Police Board oversees the department. It has three voting members — the House sergeant-at-arms, the Senate sergeant-at-arms and the architect of the Capitol. The Speaker selects the House sergeant-at-arms, the majority leader of the Senate chooses the Senate sergeant-at-arms and the president appoints the architect of the Capitol.
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