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Former acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell
on Sunday questioned if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,
personally attended security briefings ahead of the deadly Jan.
6 Capitol siege.

In an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Grenell
suggested it is often staff members who attend such meetings and
then relay the data to lawmakers.

“I think that there's a real question right now and whether or
not Nancy Pelosi attended the intelligence briefing. Did she
know anything or did her staff know and did the staff get
briefed instead of the Speaker,” he said.

“I think you've got to go down to all of the chairmen and
chairwomen of the committee,” Grenell said. “Are you getting the
briefing or are you pushing this off to the staff? … Is the
staff is incredibly powerful? They are the ones that are usually
doing the heavy lifting and the work and partisanship and
letting the boss know a couple of the priorities.”

Grenell said it’s important to find out “what did Nancy Pelosi
know” and why House Democrats backed down from wanting to bring
her in as a witness at the Senate impeachment trial of former
President Donald Trump.

“They are blaming President Trump but they were briefed or at
least they were supposed to be briefed or at least their staff
was briefed” ahead of the siege, Grenell said.

“We really cannot understand who was briefed and what was
briefed until the intelligence community leadership comes before
the House or the Senate and opens up and tells us what did you
know and who did you tell and who didn't react.

“I could see that the staff were briefed and didn't share it
with their leaders, their boss, and so the people like Nancy
Pelosi and [Senate Minority Leader] Mitch McConnell [R-Ky.]
decided that they didn't want to increase [National Guard] troop
presence or have the National Guard come because they didn't see
the information as crucial as it was.”

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/grenell-pelosi- capitol/2021/02/14/id/1009986/?utm_source=thehill
 

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