BARRY LOUDERMILK

With Rodney Davis's loss to a Trump-backed challenger, Barry Loudermilk is now next in line to lead the committee if Republicans retake the House.

With Rodney Davis's loss to a Trump-backed challenger, Barry Loudermilk is now next in line to lead the committee if Republicans retake the House.

The Jan. 6 committee has plunged deeper into Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to overturn the 2020 election.

"I mean, these are folks who have never been to Washington, DC," he said. "And they were here to visit their congressman. And they were excited."

"I mean, these are folks who have never been to Washington, DC," he said. "And they were here to visit their congressman. And they were excited."

Important new evidence hints at plans to infiltrate the Capitol. But that evidence shouldn't detract from the most obvious factor.

The tour by Loudermilk had drawn scrutiny from the congressional panel investigating the insurrection. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File) (Ron Harris)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection released video on Wednesday of a Capitol tour led by a Republican lawmaker the day before the attack, showing participants taking photos of stairwells and tunnels in the complex. The panel released the video as it renewed calls for the GOP lawmaker, Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk, to speak to the committee about the tour. “They’re coming in, coming in like white on rice for Pelosi, Nadler, even you, AOC,” the man says in the video released by the committee. The surveillance video released by the committee shows the group at entrances to tunnels that lead to the Capitol but not entering the building.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection released video on Wednesday of a Capitol tour led by a Republican lawmaker the day before the attack, showing at least one participant taking photos of stairwells and tunnels in the Capitol complex.

There remains no proof that Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) led a “reconnaissance” tour for insurrectionists. But that allegation looks less speculative now -- and Loudermilk clearly hadn’t shared the whole story.

Video evidence shows tourists taking photos of security checkpoints and contradicts Barry Loudermilk’s previous denial he led a tour

The new footage shows Rep. Barry Loudermilk leading a group through several congressional office buildings the day before the Jan. 6 attack.

“Individuals on the tour photographed and recorded areas of the complex not typically of interest to tourists, including hallways, staircases, and security checkpoints,” committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) wrote in a letter to Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.).

Republicans said a letter from Capitol Police vindicated Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who was questioned about a tour a day before the riot by Trump supporters.

Rep. Barry Loudermilk, a Republican from Georgia, was simply showing his constituents around, Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger in a letter sent Monday. Police reviewed surveillance video showing Loudermilk leading a tour of about 15 people in the Rayburn and Cannon House office buildings, Manger said. The Capitol complex includes 20 buildings and facilities, including House and Senate offices. “At no time did the group appear in any tunnels that would have led them to the U.S. Capitol,” Manger wrote in the letter. Capitol Police say the tour was thoroughly examined and there was nothing suspicious about it.

(AP Photo/Ron Harris, File) (Ron Harris)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Police have determined there was nothing suspicious about a tour of two Capitol office buildings that a House Republican gave to about 15 people the day before Jan. 6, 2021, when rioting supporters of then-President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, a Republican from Georgia, was simply showing his constituents around, Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger in a letter sent Monday. Police reviewed surveillance video showing Loudermilk leading a tour of about 15 people in the Rayburn and Cannon House office buildings, Manger said. “At no time did the group appear in any tunnels that would have led them to the U.S. Capitol,” Manger wrote in the letter. Capitol Police say the tour was thoroughly examined and there was nothing suspicious about it.

Police have determined there was nothing suspicious about a tour of two Capitol office buildings that a House Republican gave to about 15 people the day before Jan. 6, 2021, when rioting supporters of then-President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol.

House Republicans are threatening to release Capitol Police video taken on Jan. 5 in order to clear the name of a colleague accused of leading tours the day before the deadly riot – but they do not yet have the footage. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol last week asked…

Some Democrats claimed early that these were akin to "reconnaissance" tours. Here's where the Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) revelation fits.

The Jan. 6 Capitol riot House panel's letter Republican congressman Loudermilk says evidence shows tours of the complex before Trump supporters overran it.

Capitol Riot Investigation FILE - Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Georgia, listens to a speaker at a press conference, May 4, 2021, in Marietta, Ga. Loudermilk of Georgia is the latest GOP lawmaker to be asked to cooperate with the House select committee probing the violence that took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia is the latest GOP lawmaker to be asked to cooperate with the House select committee probing the violence that took place on Jan. 6, 2021. The voluntary request to Loudermilk comes a week after the committee, comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans, subpoenaed five of their Republican colleagues, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarth y. The five Republicans, all of whom have repeatedly downplayed the investigation’s legitimacy, have yet to say whether they will comply. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

The congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection sent a letter to another House Republican in an effort to learn more about a tour he led of the building the day before the deadly attack.

Reps. Cheney and Thompson requested a meeting with Loudermilk next week — just weeks ahead of public hearings scheduled to start on June 9

Proposals to ban stock trading by lawmakers are gaining ground in Congress and on the campaign trail.

The isolationist posture of some Republicans is in line with the “America First” ethos of Donald Trump, the GOP’s de facto leader who has long railed against NATO.

Miami Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar was the only South Florida representative to vote “no” on a bill that would remove statues of Confederates and historical figures who defended slavery from the U.S. Capitol.

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)KANSAS — A western Kansas mayor announced Tuesday that she is resigning, effective immediately, because of threats she has received after she publicly supported a mask mandate. Brian Kemp and Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey visited Savannah as the first four shots were administered to local health care workers. ___TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida’s largest hospital system said it was on track to immunize nearly 20,000 health care workers against COVID-19 as Gov. He traveled to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Monday and was given the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine. Several health care workers at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in the eastern part of the state also received injections.

Exactly one month ago, George Floyd spoke his final words I can't breathe and changed the course of history, Pelosi said. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is perhaps the most ambitious set of proposed changes to police procedures and accountability in decades. After the GOP policing bill stalled this week, blocked by Democrats, Trump shrugged. The two parties are instead appealing to voters ahead of the fall election, which will determine control of the House, Senate and White House. Senate Democrats believe Senate Republicans will face mounting public pressure to open negotiations and act.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Republican lawmakers on Wednesday opposed the impeachment of President Donald Trump with remarks that alluded to the Biblical account of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, causing the phrase Trump to Jesus to trend on Twitter. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than Democrats have afforded this president in this process, the lawmaker added. Pilate was the Roman governor who presided over the trial of Jesus and ordered his crucifixion in the New Testament of the Bible. After Loudermilks remarks, Trump to Jesus was among the top phrases trending on Twitter, just behind #ImpeachmentDay. Pontius Pilate also made it into the top 10 trending in the United States.