Senate will summon Pentagon brass over response to Capitol attack

Published February 23, 2021 7:30pm ET



The Senate will grill Defense Department officials about allegations they resisted a call to help defend the Capitol against a violent mob on Jan. 6.

Pentagon officials “are coming next week,” Senate Rules and Administration Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, told reporters Tuesday during a joint oversight hearing examining the events leading to the Capitol attack. Klobuchar said next week’s hearing will also include witnesses from Homeland Security and the FBI.

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