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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 22 

Expressing the sense of Congress that retired Lieutenant General Russel 

Honore ́, United States Army, should immediately be relieved of his interim investigative role into the events of January 6, 2021. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2021 

Mrs. BOEBERT (for herself, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. BIGGS, 

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. PERRY, Mr. POSEY, Mr. BISHOP of North 

Carolina, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. 

ROUZER, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. 

GOSAR, Mr. CARL, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. GIBBS, 

Mr. ROY, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. HICE of Georgia, and Mr. 

LOUDERMILK) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on House Administration 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that retired Lieutenant 

General Russel Honore ́, United States Army, should immediately be relieved of his interim investigative role 

into the events of January 6, 2021. 

Whereas the United States Capitol was attacked on January 

6, 2021; 

Whereas it is the responsibility of Congress to examine the 

events of January 6, 2021, at the United States Capitol; 

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erings, take proactive security preparations, and avoid 

miscommunication in response to the riots; 

Whereas the attack requires an immediate investigation and 

full review; 

Whereas this investigation, and full faith in a report’s findings, necessitate that it be nonpartisan, straightforward, 

and honest; 

Whereas a full and complete investigation must receive full 

cooperation and confidence of the honorable officers of 

the United States Capitol Police and other Federal law 

enforcement agencies, the service men and women of the 

Department of Defense and National Guard, and the 

duly elected Members of the House of Representatives 

and Senate; 

Whereas retired Lieutenant General Russel Honore ́, United 

States Army, prejudicially condemned officers of the 

United States Capitol Police by tweeting on January 6, 

2021, that ‘‘it appears that the Capital [sic] Police 

opened the gates to the rioters’’; 

Whereas Honore ́ prejudicially condemned officers of the 

United States Capitol Police by tweeting on January 6, 

2021, that ‘‘they look totally ill prepared today. But now 

it just seems suspicious. General McCaffrey said tonight 

that it was capital [sic] security and not the DC police 

is [sic] responsible for this. They knew this was coming. 

They let people in. They gave them hours to voluntarily 

decide to leave.’’; 

Whereas Honore ́ prejudicially condemned officers of the 

United States Capitol Police by tweeting on January 6, 

2021, that ‘‘they lost their honor. They may avoid conVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Mar 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HC22.IH HC22

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sequences, but they won’t be able to put on that uniform 

with honor’’; 

Whereas Honore ́ prejudicially condemned officers of the 

United States Capitol Police by tweeting on January 6, 

2021, that ‘‘either this building is woefully unprepared or 

the cops supported it’’; 

Whereas Honore ́ prejudicially condemned officers of the 

United States Capitol Police by tweeting on January 6, 

2021, ‘‘Capital [sic] Police made Mall Cops look good 

today’’; 

Whereas Honore ́ prejudicially condemned officers of the 

United States Capitol Police by tweeting on January 6, 

2021, about ‘‘too many Trumpsters within the C[apitol] 

P[olice]’’; 

Whereas Honore ́ prejudicially condemned officers of the 

United States Capitol Police and the House and Senate 

Sergeant at Arms by tweeting on January 6, 2021, ‘‘police underestimated the violent crowd’’ because they were 

‘‘white and pro-Trump’’ and ‘‘Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms in the House and Senate may have been 

complicit in aiding and abetting the Capitol riots’’; 

Whereas Honore ́ endorsed via the social media platform Twitter (tweeted) on January 6 and 7 the notion that President ‘‘[T]rump’s minions were installed at the Department of Defense to help him in his seditious coup’’ and 

‘‘Trump installed cronies at the Pentagon several weeks 

ago. It appears he knew this was coming on December 

19 at the latest—and was prepared for it’’ and ‘‘they left 

the Capitol Police undermanned and without the right 

equipment to deal with a violent mob.’’; 


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Whereas Honore ́ called a Member of the Senate a ‘‘coward’’, 

‘‘leech’’, and ‘‘really stupid’’ via Twitter; 

Whereas Honore ́ tweeted on January 9, 2021, that a Member 

of the Senate was a disgrace; 

Whereas Honore ́ tweeted of a Member of the Senate, ‘‘This 

little peace of s**t with his Yale law degree should be 

run out of DC and Disbarred ASAP’’; 

Whereas Honore ́ accused Members of the House and Senate 

from Kansas of sedition via Twitter; 

Whereas Honore ́ endorsed, via Twitter, expelling Members of 

the House who objected to the certification of certain 

electoral college results; 

Whereas Honore ́, via Twitter, aligned Members of Congress 

with the Confederacy; 

Whereas Honore ́ called a former Member of the House a 

‘‘crazy, fascist b*tch’’; 

Whereas Honore ́, in reference to a Member of the House, 

tweeted, ‘‘Put Her Stupid A** on the No Fly List’’; 

Whereas Honore ́ retweeted calls for executing the former 

President of the United States by hanging; 

Whereas Honore ́, via Twitter, called on Members of the Senate to resign and stated that they have blood on their 

hands; 

Whereas Honore ́, via Twitter, engaged in hyperpartisan rhetoric supporting Democratic candidates for Senate ahead 

of the special elections in Georgia; 

Whereas Honore ́ retweeted calls for media outlets to be shut 

down by the Federal Communications Commission; 


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Whereas Honore ́ retweeted calls to cancel a Member of the 

House; 

Whereas Honore ́ retweeted a photo of a former Member of 

the House, two Members of the Senate, and a current 

Member of the House with the caption, ‘‘This is why 

Florida is F****d’’; 

Whereas Honore ́, via Twitter, said the Republican leader and 

members of the Republican Party are the ‘‘New Jim 

Crow Party’’; 

Whereas Honore ́, via Twitter, spreads disinformation regarding Members of Congress; 

Whereas the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appointed 

Honore ́ to conduct an investigation on January 15, 2021; 

Whereas an inquiry into security failures at the Capitol on 

January 6, 2021, must not be partisan; 

Whereas the President called for unity, stating, ‘‘with unity 

we can do great things. Important things. We can right 

wrongs . . . Bringing America together. Uniting our people and uniting our nation. I ask every American to join 

me in this cause. Uniting to fight the common foes we 

face: Anger, resentment, hatred . . . For without unity, 

there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, 

only exhausting outrage.’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) the Speaker of the House of Representa4 tives should immediately relieve retired Lieutenant 

5 General Russel Honore ́, United States Army, of his 


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1 interim investigative role into the events of January 

2 6, 2021; and 

3 (2) the Speaker of the House of Representa4 tives, in coordination with the Republican leader of 

5 the House, the Democratic leader of the Senate, and 

6 the Republican leader of the Senate, should appoint 

7 a nonpartisan, bicameral panel of former members 

8 of Congress, law enforcement officials, and military 

9 servicemen to properly and faithfully investigate the 

10 events of January 6, 2021. 

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