Former U.S. Police Chief Terrance Gainer told CNBC that someone is expected to be held accountable after the law enforcement agency failed to secure the headquarters, allowing armed riots to break into the building Wednesday to disrupt certification presidential elections.
“If I were up there, I deserve to be fired because I let this happen,” he said. “I was so embarrassed and ashamed to see what was happening upstairs and in the Senate.”
However, Gainer calmed down after the CNBC investigation, Shepard Smith, asked if the current boss should be fired, acknowledging that he did not have complete information about what happened today.
“I don’t have all the information about what they could have had, what information they had or what they wanted to do, and the management wouldn’t let them. I think it’s a question that needs to be asked.”
The current police chief is Steven Sund, who joined USCP 2017 and took over as head of the agency in mid-2019, after serving more than two decades in the Metropolitan Police Department.
Gainer, a military veteran, retired in 2006 after serving for nearly four years under President George W. Bush, then served as a U.S. Senate sergeant in the Arms from 2007 to 2014.
The main goal of the USCP is to protect members of Congress and staff, which officers have managed to achieve, Gainer added. But someone is expected to be held accountable for not defending the buildings.
“We have to figure out what didn’t work. I saw before this began, the Chapter Police were on the eastern and western fronts. They were pushed back to the steps, then they lost the steps that brought people too close to the skin, “he explained.” We were afraid of that, we have proposals on how to prevent this, but at the moment something didn’t work. good”.
Lawmakers met Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol to certify the Electoral College vote that will officially make Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election. After Trump held a rally in Washington to slam false claims stolen by widespread electoral fraud, a crowd descended on the buildings, entering both the chambers of the House and the Senate and the offices of Congress.
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has clearly criticized the agency for not having the Chapter under control.
“Everyone knew there was going to be a disturbance,” he told CNBC.
Gainer said it would take 24 hours to sweep the entire Capitol to make sure it was safe.
The Senate, including Vice President Mike Pence, met again in the Senate after 8 pm to continue the process of certifying the electoral votes.
Biden is due to be sworn in at the Capitol on January 20.