Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is demanding an explanation for why there was a two-hour delay for Los Angeles police to respond when ICE officers came under attack.
The federal agents were serving warrants and making arrests as part of a cartel crime investigation when the leftists in Los Angeles allowed rioters to attack and assault them.
Police took hours to respond, and the riots, vandalism, looting, and attacks have been going on ever since.
A report at Fox confirmed Issa now is calling for an investigation into reports the officers “did not promptly respond” with the help needed.
He’s on the House Judiciary Committee and announced he wants a “full and complete Congressional investigation” into the response time of the LAPD assisting the ICE officers who.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed, on Saturday, what happened Friday night when the riots started, “Last night, over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE law enforcement officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer funded property.”
“It took the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) two hours to respond.”
The city’s police chief later claimed that “didn’t happen.”
But he did admit that traffic trouble delayed officers for 40 minutes.
Trica McLaughlin, an assistant DHS secretary, followed up by confirming that the delay was extensive.
“The fact remains that it took the Los Angeles Police Department two hours to respond,” McLaughlin said. “During that time, over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE law enforcement officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer funded property. DHS is grateful that now the LAPD is stepping up to help restore law and order.”
Issa charged, “We need to know if the political leadership of the City of Los Angeles, the State of California, or anyone else instructed the LAPD to stand down and not respond to the emergency requests of our ICE agents who were under attack by rioters determined to block them, burn them, or even kill them as they bravely carried out their sworn duties.”
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