Elements of U.S. Capitol Police knew in advance that Jan. 6 would be a catastrophe that would justify and lead to the firing of Police Chief Steven A. Sund, a whistleblower alleges in an explosive letter to Congress.
The whistleblower report references the first concrete evidence that January 6 was—on some levels—a planned disaster with a goal of sacking Chief Sund, elevating then-Assistant Chief Yogananda D. Pittman, 52, and Deputy Chief Sean P. Gallagher, 45, and consolidating the USCP intelligence division under Democrat control.
In February 2023, Yogananda Pittman becomes UC Berkeley’s new police chief. (Credit: Brittany Hosea-Small/Berkeley News)
Sean Gallagher, retired assistant chief of U.S. Capitol Police, was in line to become chief in 2025 but faced resistance from rank-and-file officers. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll via Getty Images)
“…Evidence reveals that the violence, deaths, injuries, and aftermath of January 6th were not the result of mere intelligence failures or incompetence,” the whistleblower wrote, “but may have stemmed from intentional acts by insiders seeking to remove then-Chief of Police Steven Sund and consolidate control over the USCP and its intelligence functions.”
The whistleblower letter, written by a senior law enforcement official with firsthand knowledge of events in the department prior to, on and after Jan. 6, alleged that senior Capitol Police leaders conspired with Democrats in Congress to create the conditions for a Jan. 6 disaster — and the nearly immediate firing of Sund.
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Former Chief of U.S. Capitol Police Steven Sund (Credit: public domain)
Sund said the implication of the whistleblower report is there was collaboration to engineer his firing prior to Jan. 6.
“It shows there’s some coordination, some consultation taking place in advance,” Sund told Veritas Regnat in an interview. “Think about it. About 48 hours after this text is sent, she [Pittman] is given my job.”
The primary evidence of foreknowledge is a phone message allegedly sent by U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Lawrence J. Cook, 42, to his superior, Deputy Chief Gallagher. Sources said this message had been in the possession of the now-defunct Jan. 6 Select Committee led by Reps. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).
The message was again discovered in December 2025 by an investigator for the GOP-controlled House Select Subcommittee on January 6, led by U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.).
“I assert that Sergeant Cook’s January 6th message fundamentally alters the understanding of responsibility for January 6, presenting what I believe is direct evidence of a conspiracy involving USCP personnel and Democratic staff,” the whistleblower wrote.
Two law-enforcement sources told Veritas Regnat that they learned of the Cook-Gallagher message in phone calls they received from Brandon Cockerham—Loudermilk’s deputy chief of staff—on Dec. 1 and 2, 2025. One of the sources said they shed tears of joy after the call, knowing that concrete evidence of a Jan. 6 conspiracy was coming to light. (Read much more: 5/13/2026) (Archive)