Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund says he regrets his decision to resign his post after a mob of violent Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
On Tuesday, Sund was asked during a Senate hearing on the riot if he regretted his decision to step down from his post in the wake of the violence at the Capitol.
āYes, I do, sir, I certainly do regret resigning, he said,ā adding, āI love this agency, I love the women and men of this agency, and I regret the day I left.ā
Sundās comments come as lawmakers are holding their first hearing into the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol to understand how protesters were able to overwhelm security and breach the building.
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During his testimony, Sund told lawmakers that the Capitol Police failed to accurately prepare for the violence on Jan. 6 because of a lack of āaccurate and complete intelligenceā from āseveral federal agencies.ā
āWe properly planned for a mass demonstration with possible violence. What we got was a military-style coordinated assault on my officers and a violent takeover of the Capitol building,ā he said.
Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Contee also told lawmakers that he was only made aware of a report by the FBI warning that there were calls for violence. However, he said he only received the warning one day before the violence.
He also said he received the warning in an email, and it was āuncorroborated.ā
āI would certainly think that something as violent as an insurrection in the Capitol would warrant a phone call or something,ā he added.
Just one day after rioters breached the Capitol, Sund submitted his resignation.
Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda D. Pittman apologized to lawmakers for the departmentās failure to properly prepare for the violence, as IJR reported.
Pittman said officials were prepared for āwhite supremacist organizationsā and militia groups to attend a planned protest on Jan. 6. However, she said the department ādid not do enoughā to prepare for the scale of the violence.