The commission asked Loudermilk last month for information on a tour that led to the Capitol complex before the attack. Loudermilk denied ever taking a tour of the Capitol itself on January 5, when it was closed to tourists due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing security plans, U.S. Capitol police found last month that “there was no evidence” that Loudermilk had led the group to the Capitol and said “we do not consider any of the activities we observed as suspicious.” But the commission proposed otherwise in a letter to Loudermilk on Wednesday. The new video shows the MP leading “a tour of about ten people headed by you to areas in the Rayburn, Longworth and Cannon House office buildings, as well as to the entrances to tunnels leading to the US Capitol,” wrote committee chairman Bennie Thompson. . . The group stayed for “several hours,” he wrote, and some “photographed and recorded areas of the complex that are not usually of interest to tourists.” Some of the people on the tour will take part in the Jan. 6 rally near the White House and on the way to the Capitol that followed, the committee said, and one of the men on the tour made “worrying” threats against members of Congress. The panel did not say whether any of the tour participants entered the Capitol on the day of the attack. The House Electoral Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has released new surveillance footage showing GOP MP Barry Loudermilk leading a group of people on a tour of the Capitol complex the day before the attack. Jan. 6 House Select Committee / from US Capitol Police Surveillance Video “The selection committee learned that some of the people you donated to the band attended the Ellipse rally on the morning of January 6, 2021,” Thompson wrote. “According to a video taken that day by the jury, the man who appeared to photograph a staircase in the Longworth House office building pulled a companion with a flagpole that appeared to have a sharp edge, who spoke to the camera, saying:” It’s for a specific person “, while he made an aggressive piercing move. Later, these individuals took part in the forbidden march from the Ellipse to the US Capitol. While standing near the Capitol, the same man made a video that contained detailed and alarming threats against specific members of Congress. “In the week following January 6, 2021, members urged law enforcement leaders to investigate the appearances of ‘outsiders in the band’ on January 5, 2021 who ‘appeared to be linked to the White House rally the next day.’ Thompson continued. “The selection committee review of the monitoring plans showing the aforementioned tour is consistent with these observations.” The Jan. 6 video released by the commission appears to show one of the men on the tour threatening Democrats in Congress. “We come like white to rice,” the individual says in the video. “For Pelosi, Nantler, Sumer, even you, AOC. We’re coming to get you out. We’re going to get you out of your hair.” Surveillance footage shows a Loudermilk-led tour of areas in the House office buildings as well as the entrances to the Capitol tunnels. The people on the tour photographed / recorded areas that are not usually of interest to tourists: walkways, stairs and security checkpoints. pic.twitter.com/Rjhf2BTdbc – Commission of 6 January (@ January6thCmte) 15 June 2022 Loudermilk declined to meet with the committee and sharply criticized the video’s release in a statement Wednesday. “This false allegation that the Commission and the Democrats continue to push, that Republicans, including me, have been conducting reconnaissance tours, has been proven to be false. “As far as I know, no one in this group has been criminally charged since January 6,” he said. “Once again, the Commission published this letter in the press and did not contact me. the real consequences – including the continuing threats against my death, my family and my staff. “ A Loudermilk voter who was on the Jan. 5 tour and spoke to the Jan. 6 committee told CBS News that he had come to Washington, DC, to gather Trump with other Loudermilk voters. The voter denied that it was a “reconnaissance tour”. “This is the farthest from the truth,” he said. “Honestly, it’s a disgusting claim. It was January 5 and no one had any idea what would happen on January 6.” Voters said they did not enter the Capitol building. “[Rep. Loudermilk] “He gave us a tour of his office and I do not know exactly which buildings they were in and that was it,” said the man. “I was very excited to meet a member of Congress. “I was very impressed with the life of an MP and the amount of work they do.” In Thompson’s letter to Loudermilk on Wednesday, he again asked the Republican member to meet with the committee for his immediate facilitation. Michael Kaplan contributed to this report.

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