The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection renewed its request Wednesday for Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., to answer questions about a tour he led through parts of the Capitol complex the day before the deadly riot.

The committee also has released images showing individuals on the tour snapping photos of hallways, staircases and security checkpoints, as well as video recorded by a man it says was on the tour who made threats about members of Congress on Jan. 6.

In a letter to Loudermilk, committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., wrote surveillance video shows the Georgia congressman leading a tour of approximately 10 people to at the Rayburn, Longworth, and Cannon House Office buildings as well as entrances to tunnels that lead to the Capitol building. 

Thompson said the group stayed for several hours despite the complex being closed to the public that day.

“Individuals on the tour photographed and recorded areas of the complex not typically of interest to tourists, including hallways, staircases and security checkpoints,” Thompson wrote.

“The behavior of these individuals during the January 5, 2021 tour raises concerns about their activity and intent while inside the Capitol complex.”

In the aftermath of the insurrection, several House Democrats accused Republicans of leading tours through the Capitol ahead of Jan. 6, which New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot, called “reconnaissance for the next day."

Thompson wrote that the committee has learned that some people on the tour attended former President Donald Trump’s rally near the White House just before the attack on the Capitol. 

The panel released images of people on the tour taking photos of areas inside the Capitol complex it believes are suspicious. In one photo, a man is separated from the rest of the tour as he photographs a staircase in the basement of the Longworth building. 

That same man, according to the committee, recorded video on Jan. 6, also shared by the panel, of him and a companion making threatening remarks about lawmakers. The committee did not name the man who recorded the videos.

In one video clip, the man films a companion who is holding a flagpole with what appears to be a sharpened end. The man with the flag says, “It’s for a certain person” while making a jabbing motion.

In another clip, the man filming the video can be heard saying while outside the Capitol, “There’s no escape, Pelosi, Schumer, Nadler. We’re coming for you,” referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler.

“They got it (the Capitol) surrounded,” the man continues. “It’s all the way up there on the hill, and it’s all the way around, and they’re coming in, coming in like white on rice for Pelosi, Nadler, Schumer, even you, AOC (New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez). We’re coming to take you out and pull you out by your hairs.”

Thompson wrote in the letter the information, based on surveillance video, social media activity and witness accounts, “raises questions the Select Committee must answer,” adding, “We again ask you to meet with the Select Committee at your earliest convenience.”

The panel first asked Loudermilk last month for a voluntary interview, but he has declined to cooperate.

Loudermilk has acknowledged leading a tour of the House office buildings on Jan. 5 for a constituent family, stressing they never entered the Capitol building itself. He and other House Republicans have filed an ethics complaint against Democratic lawmakers who they say made baseless allegations about “reconnaissance” tours before Jan. 6.

On Tuesday, Capitol Police, whose board reviewed the surveillance footage of Loudermilk’s tour, sided with the congressman, saying there was nothing suspicious about it and confirming Loudermilk never entered the Capitol building with the group.

In a statement sent to Spectrum News, Loudermilk pointed to the Capitol Police investigation that cleared him and accused the Jan. 6 committee of "undermining the Capitol Police and doubling down on their smear campaign."

"This false narrative that the Committee and Democrats continue to push, that Republicans, including myself, led reconnaissance tours is verifiably false," Loudermilk said. "No where that I went with the visitors in the House Office Buildings on January 5th were breached on January 6th; and, to my knowledge, no one in that group was criminally charged in relation to January 6th."

The Georgia Republican added that children seen in the video were holding bags from the House gift shop, which he said proves the area was open to visitors. He also criticized the committee for releasing Wednesday's letter to the press before he received it, and he said the accusations about him have led to "ongoing death threats to myself, my family, and my staff."

The Jan. 6 committee is scheduled to hold the third in a series of hearings outlining their findings Thursday.

Note: This article was updated with Loudermilk's response.