Former Capitol Police chief Stephens Sunde said in written testimony that he had requested National Guard troops two days before the event, but that the then House of Representatives sergeant at arms, Paul Irving, told him he was concerned about the optics of having the National Guard.
前國會警察局長斯蒂芬斯-松德在書面證詞中說,他在事件發生前兩天曾要求國民警衛隊出兵,但當時的眾議院軍士長保羅-歐文告訴他,他擔心讓國民警衛隊出動會有什麼影響。