Democratic lawmakers have been informed that the purchasing of bulletproof vests was a “reimbursable expense” during a House briefing on security threats following the deadly pro-Trump mob attacks on the Capitol last week.
The reminder came amid reports of further plans for demonstrations at state Capitol buildings and across Washington D.C. after Congress was attacked on Wednesday while convening to certify the 2020 presidential elections.
Just before the deadly mob, which left at least 14 police officers injured and one dead, the president delivered a fiery speech near the Capitol filled with flagrant lies surrounding his electoral defeat, before urging his supporters to march to the building during the certification process.
Lawmakers and their aides were locked away in undisclosed locations and their own offices, barricaded with furniture as the right-wing extremists hurled death threats and ransacked the building. Some rioters carried confederate flags, while many donned Trump campaign merchandise.
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