Members of the House went into a confidential briefing hoping for answers about what the government knows about alien life. They emerged with more questions.
The independent review will be conducted in addition to assessments by the defense secretary’s chief of staff and the White House after top officials were not notified of the episode for days.
Col. Earl Matthews, the top lawyer for the D.C. National Guard during the assault on the Capitol, said in a whistle-blower complaint that he was punished for contradicting the testimony of two top generals.
Women for America First, which planned the rally on the Ellipse, knew of President Donald J. Trump’s plans to have his supporters march to the Capitol but repeatedly denied it to federal permitting officials.
Officers and personnel in Airman Jack Teixeira’s unit failed to take proper action after becoming aware of his intelligence-seeking activities, an inspector general inquiry found.