WASHINGTON — The House Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection pressed Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., on Wednesday to discuss a tour he gave of the Capitol complex on Jan. 5 by releasing security footage of an unidentified person on the tour taking photos and video of mundane areas of the building.
"Individuals on the tour photographed and recorded areas of the complex not typically of interest to tourists, including hallways, staircases, and security checkpoints," committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., wrote in a letter to Loudermilk.
"The foregoing information raises questions the Select Committee must answer. Public reporting and witness accounts indicate some individuals and groups engaged in efforts to gather information about the layout of the U.S. Capitol, as well as the House and Senate office buildings, in advance of January 6, 2021," Thompson said in the letter.
