Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty
Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezwasn’t one of them.
The friend reportedly called an FBI tip line to report the officer for revealing information about the secure location where he helped lead lawmakers.
Ocasio-Cortezresponded to a portion of the report on Twitteron Wednesday.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.ALBA VIGARAY/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
“There were several reasons I refused to stay in the ‘secure location’ on the 6th. This was one of them,” she wrote. “Few people want to discuss the reality and implications of this because it’s politically difficult, fraught, and unpopular, but it’s right there. And we need to talk about it.”
The paper also reported that the officer in question admitted he may have inadvertently revealed information about the secure location but denied he was sympathetic to the rioters.
Rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Samuel Corum/Getty
“I can’t say one hundred percent that I didn’t do what you’re telling me I did,” the office reportedly said.
Ocasio-Cortez has talked previously about the fear she experienced during the riots,telling CNN’s Dana Bashlast month, “I didn’t think that I was just going to be killed,” before adding, “I thought other things were going to happen to me as well.”
Asked then if she feared she was going to be sexually assaulted, the New York lawmaker told Bash, “Yeah, yeah. I thought I was.”
source: people.com
