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In this April 2, 2021, file photo, the U.S. Capitol is seen behind security fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are planning to attend a rally in September at the U.S. Capitol that is designed to demand “justice” for the hundreds of people who have been charged in connection with January’s insurrection, according to three people familiar with intelligence gathered by federal officials. As a result, U.S. Capitol Police have been discussing in recent weeks whether the large perimeter fence that was erected outside of the Capitol after January’s riot will need to be put back up, the people said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**

Fencing may go back up for Sept. 18 rally in support of U.S. Capitol protesters: Reports

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In a photo taken Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd helps to direct the evacuation as the House chamber comes under attack by a violent mob during the congressional certification of the presidential election, at the Capitol in Washington. Minutes later, Lt. Byrd fatally shot a Trump protester, Ashli Babbitt, as she and other rioters were breaking into the Speaker's Lobby where members of Congress were retreating. After enduring threats and investigations, Lt. Byrd spoke publicly for the first time about the ordeal during a NBC News interview, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Capitol Police officer threatened for shooting Ashli Babbitt should ‘suck it up,’ widower says

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot filed a lawsuit Thursday, Aug. 26, against former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right extremist groups, accusing them of intentionally sending insurrectionists to disrupt the congressional certification of the election in January. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) **FILE**

Capitol Police officers sue Trump over Jan. 6 attack

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This driver's license photo from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), provided to AP by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, shows Ashli Babbitt. Babbitt was fatally shot by an employee of the Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, while the rioters were moving toward the House chamber. (Maryland MVA/Courtesy of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office via AP) ** FILE **

Capitol Police lieutenant says he fatally shot Ashli Babbitt during Jan. 6 riot

By Emily Zantow and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This driver's license photo from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), provided to AP by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, shows Ashli Babbitt. Babbitt was fatally shot by an employee of the Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, while the rioters were moving toward the House chamber. (Maryland MVA/Courtesy of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office via AP) ** FILE **

Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt to reveal identity in NBC News interview

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump climb the West wall of the the U.S. Capitol in Washington. An officer who shot and killed a woman during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as she began to climb through the broken part of a door leading into an area known as the Speakers Lobby acted lawfully and in line with police department policy, the U.S. Capitol Police said Monday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Capitol Police working to fix communication ‘gaps’ from Jan. 6

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

A Metropolitan Police Department cruiser blocks a street near the U.S. Capitol and a Library of Congress building in Washington on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, as law enforcement officials investigate a report of a pickup truck containing an explosive device. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Man who claimed to have bomb near Capitol surrenders

By Tom Howell Jr. and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Journalist sues Congress for Jan. 6 Capitol riot surveillance videos

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump hold on to a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate has voted to award Medals of Honor to the Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department for protecting Congress during the Jan. 6 insurrection, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature. The bill passed by voice vote with no objections. The four medals will be displayed at Capitol Police headquarters, the Metropolitan Police Department, the U.S. Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution. Hundreds of officers from the two police departments responded to the attack as the mob of former President Donald Trumps supporters broke into the building and interrupted the certification of Biden's victory. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Biden awards Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Harry Dunn, right, watches a video being displayed during the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Oliver Contreras/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

House’s Jan. 6 committee opens with officers’ harrowing tales of attacks by pro-Trump ‘terrorists’

By Seth McLaughlin and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Fox News prime-time host Tucker Carlson (Associated Press)

Tucker Carlson rebuked for attacks on Capitol Police officer ahead of Jan. 6 hearing

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

U.S. Capitol Police officers assemble in the Hart Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill to prepare for a demonstration by voting rights advocates, in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New chief selected for Capitol Police following Jan. 6 insurrection

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In this file photo, National Guard troops keep watch on the Capitol, Thursday, March 4, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Capitol Police to use Army surveillance system on Americans to ‘identify emerging threat’

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this April 2, 2021, file photo the U.S. Capitol is seen behind security fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The fencing installed around the Capitol after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection will start being removed as soon as Friday, July 9, but most visitors are still not allowed inside the iconic building. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**

Capitol fence coming down as early as Friday

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. A Chicago police officer has been charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol and entering a senator's office during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Karol Chwiesiuk, was arrested Friday, June 11 and faces five misdemeanor counts, including entering a restricted building, disrupting government business, and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds with intent to impede congressional proceeding. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

House awards Congressional Gold Medal to police who responded to Capitol riot

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

U.S. Capitol Police stand watch as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other lawmakers prepare to hold a news event on the steps of the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The Capitol Police said today that they have intelligence showing there is a "possible plot" by a militia group to breach the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. The threat comes nearly two months after thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in a violent insurrection as Congress was voting to certify Joe Biden's electoral win. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Black lab to join U.S. Capitol Police as agency’s first-ever emotional service animal

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Police stand guard after a day of riots at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A partisan ‘armed insurrection’ at the U.S. Capitol — but not what you may think

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

This driver's license photo from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), provided to AP by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, shows Ashli Babbitt. Babbitt was fatally shot by an employee of the Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, while the rioters were moving toward the House chamber. (Maryland MVA/Courtesy of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office via AP) ** FILE **

Family of Ashli Babbitt readies lawsuit against Capitol Police officer who fatally shot her

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., talks with Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., before a House Oversight and Reform Committee regarding the on Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)

GOP, former Trump officials push back on Capitol Police absent from Dems’ oversight hearing

By Alex Swoyer and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Threats against Congress up 107% over 2020: Capitol Police

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times