Despite those rumblings of danger, the Capitol police force did not request advance help from other federal agencies, such as the Department of Homeland Security, to secure the building, according Toa one senior official and National Guard reinforcements summoned by the city's mayor were not mobilized until more than an hour after protesters had first breached the barricades.
儘管有這些危險的傳言,但國會警察部隊並沒有要求國土安全部等其他聯邦機構提前幫助保護大樓的安全,據託亞一位高級官員說,該市市長召集的國民警衛隊增援部隊直到抗議者首次突破路障一個多小時後才被動員起來。