The U.S. Capitol Police has not found evidence of wrongdoing in most internal probes related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and recommended disciplinary action in six cases, the department said on Saturday.
The police bureau launched 38 internal investigations and was able to identify the officers involved in 26 of the cases. Some of the complaints contained too little information to identify the officer involved. In 20 of the cases, no wrongdoing was found, the department said.
A separate case, started after a criminal investigation in which charges were not filed, into an official accused of unsatisfactory performance and conduct unbecoming is still pending. Among the police officers who responded to the insurrection, one Capitol Police officer who had been attacked by protesters died the following day and four police officers who took part in the defense ofThe department said in February that 35 U.S. Capitol Police officers were beingfor their actions during the Jan. 6 riot and that six had been suspended without pay.[]
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