© 2025 NPR Illinois
The Capital's Community & News Service since 1975
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Learn more about federal funding of public media stations like NPR Illinois at ProtectMyPublicMedia.org #ProtectMyPublicMedia

Planning, Intelligence Failures By Capitol Police Contributed To Jan. 6 Insurrection, Report Finds

A government watchdog says planning and intelligence failures by the Capitol Police contributed to the chaos and deadly violence when insurrectionists stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Inspector General Michael Bolton presented the findings of his investigation into the Capitol Police on Thursday at a congressional committee hearing.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, who chairs the Committee on House Administration.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.