WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Protesters gather on the door of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
The D.C. Capitol Police’s Office of Professional Responsibility is currently investigating 35 officers for connections to January 6 Capitol insurrection and have already suspended six.
The office released a statement Friday stating, “Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman has directed that any member of her department whose behavior is not in keeping with the Department’s Rules of Conduct will face appropriate discipline.”
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) is heading the House committee overseeing Capitol Police funding has said that members of the Capitol Police may have been complicit with the rioters. The rising suspicion that some Capitol Police officers assisted or were sympathetic to the rioters came from initial photos of an officer posing with rioters for selfies and footage showing an officer wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while directing rioters. Both of the officers pictured have been suspended for an undisclosed amount of time.
“Our Office of Professional Responsibility will investigate these behaviors for disciplinary action, up to, and including, termination,” Acting Chief Pittman said in Friday’s statement. “Several USCP officers have already been suspended pending the outcome of their investigations.”
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