As Twitchy readers know, Congressman Troy Nehl shared a thread on Twitter about how his office was illegally investigated by the Capitol Police. Nehls felt they did this because he has been a very vocal critic of both Nancy Pelosi and the January 6 Committee.
Welp, the Capitol Police released a statement explaining why they were in his office and it’s about as believable as you’d expect:
This morning a U.S. Representative complained about one of our vigilant officers.
Chief Manger stands by his officer. Here is why: https://t.co/MfGbdaWWqg pic.twitter.com/oyfTLXhwYB
— U.S. Capitol Police (@CapitolPolice) February 8, 2022
From the Capitol Police:
“The United States Capitol Police is sworn to protect Members of Congress. If a Member’s office is left open and unsecured, without anyone inside the office, USCP officers are directed to document that and secure the office to ensure nobody can wander in and steal or do anything else nefarious. The weekend before Thanksgiving, one of our vigilant officers spotted the Congressman’s door was wide open. That Monday, USCP personnel personally followed up with the Congressman’s staff and determined no investigation or further action of any kind was needed. No case investigation was ever initiated or conducted into the Representative or his staff.” – U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger
Soooo they were taking pictures of his office because the door was open?
Dafuq?
Yeah, this stinks.
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Per Nehl’s thread, why were they dressed as construction workers? C’mon.
Upon discovering a member of my staff, special agents dressed like construction workers began to question him as to the contents of a photograph taken illegally two days earlier.
— Congressman Troy Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) February 8, 2022
This stinks.
Did you really send someone dressed like a construction worker to photograph documents in a congressman’s office?
I mean…dude.
— HONK HONK 🇨🇦🚚🚛🚚🚛🚜🇺🇸 (@corrcomm) February 8, 2022
Do officers normally dress up as members of the Village People to secure allegedly open offices?
— Lili von Shtupp (@LvS_Redux) February 8, 2022
Release the video. We’ll wait here.
— Mary Stewart (@MaryStewart01) February 8, 2022
— HHH_Report (@HHH_Report) February 8, 2022
This statement does not address Nehl’s complaint. Checking an open, unattended office is fine and expected, but that’s not what he alleged.
— Brian Schubert (@SchubertBrian) February 8, 2022
In contruction attire? Sounds legit.
— Reeeee (@cainer333) February 8, 2022
Why were your officers dressed as construction workers?
— Author Kent Ostby (@kentostby) February 8, 2022
Yeah, your track record is so terrific that this would be a stretch…………🙄🙄🙄
— Chris Q (@Wood1338Q) February 8, 2022
Why was he dressed as a construction worker? That’s an odd uniform choice
— Commissar Jamal (@JamalCommissar) February 8, 2022
Yeah, that whole construction worker thing just doesn’t add up, guys.
Maybe try again?
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