Loudermilk

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

"[Rep. Loudermilk] gave us a tour of his office and I don't know exactly what buildings they were in and that was it," the person said. This type of behavior is irresponsible and has real consequences — including ongoing death threats to myself, my family, and my staff." "The select committee's review of surveillance footage showing the above-described tour is consistent with those observations." "We're coming in like white on rice," the individual says on the video. "That's the farthest thing from the truth," this person said. Loudermilk denied that he ever gave a tour of the Capitol itself on Jan. 5, when it was closed to tourists due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "The select committee has learned that some individuals you sponsored into the complex attended the rally at the Ellipse on the morning of January 6, 2021," Thompson wrote. "This false narrative that the Committee and Democrats continue to push, that Republicans, including myself, led reconnaissance tours is verifiably false. "According to video recordings from that day obtained by the select committee, the individual who appeared to photographs a staircase in the Longworth House Office building filmed a companion with a flagpole appearing to have a sharpened end who spoke to the camera saying, 'It's for a certain person," while making an aggressive jabbing motion. The group stayed for "several hours," he wrote, and some "photographed and recorded areas of the complex not typically of interest to tourists." "Once again, the Committee released this letter to the press, and did not contact me. We'll pull you out by your hairs."

People who joined Georgia GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk for a Capitol complex tour on Jan. 5, 2021 photographed and recorded places “not typically of interest ...

The new footage shows Loudermilk with members of the group as they walked through those buildings. Punchbowl News first reported the man’s presence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, following the Loudermilk tour. Though the man, who remains unidentified, appears to have returned to the Capitol on Jan. 6, there’s no indication he’s been investigated for any potential crimes related to his conduct that day. The group remained in the complex for about two hours, even after Loudermilk had left. Loudermilk has not been accused of any wrongdoing or having knowledge about the activities of any members of his group on Jan. 6, beyond their attendance at the rally that preceded the riot, headlined by Donald Trump. People who joined Georgia GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk for a Capitol complex tour on Jan. 5, 2021 photographed and recorded places “not typically of interest to tourists, including hallways, staircases, and security checkpoints,” according to materials released Wednesday by the Jan. 6 select committee.

The House committee investigating the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, has released footage tied to a tour Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) gave the day before, ...

We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. Capitol Police had likewise refused to release the footage. Loudermilk is seen giving the group a tour while wearing an American flag mask. We’ve actually checked on them to make sure they are safe,” Loudermilk said in an interview with Georgia-based WBHF. “This false narrative that the Committee and Democrats continue to push, that Republicans, including myself, led reconnaissance tours is verifiably false. And so now they’re saying well, it wasn’t that dangerous,” Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), a member of the committee, told reporters Tuesday. “The group continued in the Cannon without Representative Loudermilk. At no time did the group appear in any tunnels that would have led them to the U.S. Capitol. In addition, the tunnels leading to the U.S. Capitol were posted with USCP officers and admittance to the U.S. Capitol without a Member of Congress was not permitted on January 5, 2021,” Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger wrote in the letter. The man can be seen taking photos throughout the tour. It was a lie. In an interview given on Jan. 6 as the attack was unfolding, Loudermilk referenced that he had “about a dozen people up here” when asked if he had a chance to talk to any of those involved in the rally. “There’s no escape Pelosi, Schumer, Nadler. We’re coming for you. But the footage is a departure from how Loudermilk described the actions of the group he gave a tour to and is part of an evolving story from Republicans on whether there were tours at all.

Washington—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) today renewed the Select Committee's request to Representative Barry Loudermilk of Georgia to provide ...

Chairman Thompson wrote, “On May 19, 2022, the Select Committee invited you to meet with us about evidence of a tour you provided on January 5, 2021. Based on our review of surveillance video, social media activity, and witness accounts, we understand you led a tour group through parts of the Capitol complex on January 5, 2021. Chairman Thompson continued, “Individuals on the tour photographed and recorded areas of the complex not typically of interest to tourists, including hallways, staircases, and security checkpoints.”