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Peter Navarro 'The Immaculate Deception' Report News Conference Transcript  - Rev

The number of threats made to lawmakers has almost doubled in the first two months of 2021 compared to last year, acting head of Capitol Police revealed Wednesday, as fallout ensues following the Capitol riots on January 6.

'In the first two months of 2021, there has been a 93.54 percent increase in threats to Members compared to the same period in 2020,' Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman said in prepared statements. 'And from 2017 to 2020, there has been a 118.66 percent increase in total threats and directions of interests, with the overwhelming majority of suspects residing outside of the NCR [National Capital Region].'

Pittman, in prepared testimony for a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch on Wednesday morning, is going to ask the panel for a 20 per cent increase in appropriations for the U.S. Capitol Police to bolster security in light of the massive increase in threats.

The request for a $619.33 million budget for the department in fiscal year 2022, Pittman argues, is specifically 'centered on member security' outside Washington – since she outlines most of the threats are not coming from within the beltway.

In the week leading up to Congress certifying the Electoral College results for Joe Biden on January 6 and in the weeks following the riots that day, lawmakers – especially Democrats and some known Republican defectors – started receiving a heightened slew of threats to their offices.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9321635/Threats-lawmakers-nearly-DOUBLED-two-months-2021-security-ramped-DC.html

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