Newly Released Jan 6 Footage Shows Pelosi Saying “I Take Responsibility” as She Discussed National Guard Absence

Newly released January 6 footage by Hosue Republicans reveals then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressing responsibility for failing to prevent the event. In the footage, Pelosi is heard telling her Chief of Staff, Terri McCullough, “We have responsibility, Terri. We did not have any accountability for what was going on there, and we should have.”

“This is ridiculous. You’re going to ask me in the middle of the thing when they’ve already breached the inaugural stuff should we call the Capitol police — I mean the National Guard?” Pelosi continued. “Why weren’t the National Guard there to begin with?”

An off-camera voice in the footage suggests, “They thought that they had sufficient resources,” to which Pelosi responds, “They clearly didn’t know. And I take responsibility for not having them just prepare for more.”

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