Rep. Robert Garcia, a member of House Democratic leadership, is urging Speaker Mike Johnson to increase security after Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes visited Capitol Hill last week, according to a letter obtained by NOTUS.
“I urge you to clearly and quickly communicate to concerned employees of the House of Representatives precisely what you will do to respond to the threat to the safety of Congress which Donald Trump created,” Garcia wrote to Johnson on Jan. 24.
Rhodes, the Jan. 6 rioter whose 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy was commuted by Donald Trump, was seen last week in a Capitol office building and met with at least one Republican member of Congress. Garcia said that “[m]embers of the Capitol community were particularly disgusted” by Rhodes’ visit, adding that he believes Rhodes “remains an active threat to public safety.”