Senate Votes To Display January 6 Plaque

From Ryan J. Reilly, NBC News:

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday unanimously agreed to hang a plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol when it was under attack by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6 five years ago.

The resolution requires the Architect of the Capitol “to prominently display, in a publicly accessible location in the Senate wing of the United States Capitol, a plaque honoring the members of law enforcement responding on January 6, 2021, until the plaque can be placed in its permanent location.”

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Brendan Ballou, a former Jan. 6 prosecutor for the Justice Department now representing officers who sued over the government’s failure to follow the law requiring the plaque’s display, said litigation over the plaque will continue even after Senate passage of the resolution.

Ballou told NBC News that he’s pleased the plaque will “ensure that the officers who defended those inside are honored.”

“That said, until the plaque has a permanent home, as required by law, our litigation will continue,” he added.

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