D’Antuono has said the information was shared within "40 minutes" with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, which includes the U.S. Capitol Police.
"The DOJ (inspector general) also will assess whether there are any weaknesses in DOJ protocols, policies, or procedures that adversely affected the ability of DOJ or its components to prepare effectively for and respond to the events at the U.S. Capitol," the agency’s watchdog said in a Friday statement.
Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford issued an apology to his home state's Black residents for challenging President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Lankford’s apology comes after Black Tulsans called on Lankford to step down from a reconciliation committee for the 1921 Tulsa riots.
"I can assure you, my intent to give a voice to Oklahomans who had questions was never also an intent to diminish the voice of any Black American," Lankford wrote in a statement.
In the months after President Donald Trump’s election loss, the president and his allies levied unfounded conspiracy theories of widespread voter fraud that centered on heavily Black cities and regions. Many denounced the accusations as reckless and racist, and the unfounded allegations help fuel the anger that erupted in violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
"We reject the careless rhetoric and failures of leadership that facilitated, and arguably, incited, the lawless mob action that resulted in property damage, injury, and death, and sullied our internationally-admired democracy," the reconciliation commission said on Wednesday.
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