Blaze Media’s investigation sparked a Congressional investigation into alleged perjury by the Capitol Police, according to an analysis Friday by Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker.
What are the details?
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Administration Committee Oversight Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over the Capitol Police, wrote a statement on March 1. letter Mr. Baker told USCP Secretary J. Thomas Munger:
The four-page letter asked for two things. One is more complete information about the 2016 disciplinary report on Special Agent David Lazarus, and the other is details about an internal affairs investigation into Lazarus last November that directly stemmed from Blaze Media reporting, Baker said. wrote.
Mr. Loudermilk’s letter states that on November 7, 2023, Mr. Lazarus was “indicted by the U.S. Communist Party for allegedly untruthful testimony in a high-profile criminal trial regarding the January 6, 2021, incident at the Capitol.” The matter has been referred to the Office of Professional Responsibility.” ”
In his letter, Mr. Lazarus alleged what Mr. Baker’s investigation into Lazarus revealed last October. Video evidence shows that Lazarus was in another part of the Capitol at the time, so it is unlikely that Lazarus would have seen what he testified he saw during the Oath Keepers’ trial on January 6th. He claimed that he could not. .
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In addition, neither the Capitol Police nor the Justice Department made available to the Oath Keepers’ attorneys the video from Capitol security cameras that recorded Lazarus’ movements inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, Baker said.
More from Baker’s Friday analysis:
Loudermilk’s letter also contains additional details that, if true, would raise further questions about the conduct of federal prosecutors in the Oath Keepers trial. According to Loudermilk, OPR investigators “relied on statements made by federal prosecutors in the case in which Special Agent Lazarus was called as a witness.”
Blaze Media also learned from a congressional source that federal prosecutors were “certainly consulted and interviewed” by Capitol Police investigators during the November investigation.
Mr. Lazaro’s letter states that OPR interviewed Mr. Lazaro on December 18, 2023, and that the investigating USCP officer asked Mr. Lazaro whether he had committed perjury in his testimony, to which Mr. Lazaro replied “no.” It is added.
But Loudermilk wasn’t done with Lazarus.
In Friday’s analysis, Baker also reported that a former U.S. Communist Party official, who requested anonymity for fear of retribution, told Blaze Media about “past disciplinary incidents that called into question the Lazarus trial testimony and its credibility in general.” did. ”
The details of Mr. Baker’s analysis are as follows.
In 2016, Lazaro was assigned to the Dignitary Protection Division and was involved in covering up an incident in which he was found to have been drinking on duty. Lying during an internal affairs investigation is a crime punishable by the death penalty. At the very least, this incident should have been made known to the Oath Keepers’ defense team, who could have used that knowledge to impeach Lazarus’ testimony during cross-examination.
But Lazarus was not fired. And the Oath Keepers’ lawyers were left in the dark.
Baker added in Friday’s analysis that USCP leadership and its general counsel: Thomas “Tad” DiBiase, resisted Blaze Media’s efforts to obtain the 2016 OPR disciplinary report on Lazarus, as well as Loudermilk’s committee efforts. However, Mr. Baker also reported that a senior aide to the Loudermilk Committee had seen the OPR report and said its contents were “nuclear.”
Regarding the allegation that Lazarus was drinking on duty in 2016, Loudermilk’s letter states that OPR supports the allegation and also confirms the USCP’s inspector general’s recommendation to the commander of USCP’s Dignitary Protection Division. However, it was revealed that all of them were rejected. By USCP Office of General Counsel. Loudermilk’s letter also said that “Agent Lazarus may have intentionally made false or misleading statements” during the 2016 investigation.
In addition, Baker said in Friday’s analysis that Blaze Media was told by Oath Keepers’ attorneys that neither the U.S. Communist Party nor federal prosecutors had disclosed that Lazarus’ 2016 OPR investigation had been closed to them prior to his October 31, 2022 testimony. He added that he learned that the information had not been disclosed.
So?
Loudermilk concluded his letter to the USCP Chief Manager with the following statement:
OPR’s investigation into Special Agent Lazarus’ testimony regarding the January 6, 2021 Capitol incident was incomplete and OGC’s recommendation from OPR and the Division Commander regarding Special Agent Lazarus’ violations of USCP policy. The dismissal, coupled with the special agent’s possible violation of USCP policy, led to Lazarus making false statements that raised serious questions about USCP’s internal accountability and discipline structure. The lack of a robust investigation into allegations that Agent Lazarus may have lied under oath is unacceptable.
To better understand USCP’s internal processes and disciplinary guidelines, we ask that you provide the subcommittee with the complete USCP guidelines on OPR discipline and any additional information that informed the results of these OPR investigations.
On Friday, Capitol Police did not immediately respond to Blaze News’ request for comment on Baker’s latest analysis.
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