Ahead of the second anniversary of Jan. 6, U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger told lawmakers his department is focused on three key areas, threat investigations, fully reopening the Capitol in the next three months and staffing.
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Just weeks after Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi was attacked in their San Francisco home, Manger told lawmakers on Monday his department fielded more than 9,625 threats against Members of Congress in 2021.Manger said there has been a large uptick in threats against lawmakers over the past few years. In 2017, his department fielded around 3,939 threats against lawmakers, saying threats had "gone up steadily and profoundly over the last five or six years.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger testifies during the Senate Rules and Administration Committee oversight hearing, Jan. 5, 2022 in Washington, D.C.Senate Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said that in 2021, Capitol Police referred 458 threat cases for prosecution, but only 40 resulted in prosecution.
He said three U.S. attorneys have been assigned to the Capitol Police to prosecute threat cases, but said they need more assistance. "The FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office are very helpful, but they have a huge caseload and for us. A threat against a member of Congress is high priority."Manger told lawmakers his goal was to increase the number of sworn police staff to more than 2,000 officers and senior staff to over 450 by the end of fiscal year 2023.
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