News - World: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says members of Congress found to have been complicit in the storming of the Capitol should face prosecution.

Since the riots by US President Donald Trump’s loyalists at the Capitol on January 6, a number of Democrats have voiced suspicions that some Republicans might have helped the protesters logistically in the days leading up to the violence in which five people died.

Pelosi said on Friday the violence perpetrated must be scrutinized and lead to prosecutions of sitting lawmakers.

"We must trust each other, respect the people who sent us here. We must also have the truth, and that will be looked into," she said.

"If, in fact, it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection — if they aided and abetted the crime — there may have to be actions taken beyond the Congress, in terms of prosecution for that,” she added.

She has tasked Russel Honore, a retired general who coordinated the Hurricane Katrina, with leading a review of security at the Capitol.

Source: Press TV