So far this appears to have been an action taken by the Capitol Police alone. Has anyone heard any more about why this happened and who is responsible?
It is still under investigation who exactly ordered them to move there:
Biden Calls National Guard Chief After Troops Briefly Ordered to Take Breaks in Garage
Inhofe said he made calls to Yogananda Pittman, the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police and to Gen. James McConville, the chief of staff of the Army. Inhofe's staff spent time talking to Guard members serving in D.C., according to the statement.
Inhofe said Pittman told him the Guard was never officially asked to leave the Capitol, but "multiple members of military leadership told me they were told yesterday by a member of uniformed Capitol Police that the Guard had to be out of the Capitol Visitor's Center," according to the statement.
"I know one thing -- whether it was confusion from this fog and friction environment or what -- the troops didn't move on their own," Inhofe said in the statement. "We are in the process of identifying who gave the order to the Guard, who deviated from the chain of command."
Holy sh*t. Between this and Jan 6th, the Capitol Police is coming off like an absolute disaster. Someone needs to take a deep look into it.
