3 Oct 2024 9:52 am
Outside of the Capitol building, a mass of people—including those who had traveled to Washington and the Capitol at the defendant's direction—broke through barriers cordoning off the Capitol grounds and advanced on the building. Among these was [CO-CONSPIRATOR #5], who had attended the defendant's speech from the Washington Monument, marched with the crowd to the Capitol, and breached the restricted area surrounding the building. A large portion of the crowd at the Capitol - including rioters who violently attacked law enforcement officers trying to secure the building - wore clothing and carried items bearing the defendant's name and Campaign slogans, leaving no doubt that they were there on his behalf and at his direction.
Beginning at about 1:30 p.m., the defendant settled in the dining room off of the Oval Office. He spent the afternoon there reviewing Twitter on his phone, while the dining room television played Fox News' contemporaneous coverage of events at the Capitol.
At 2:13 p.m., the crowd at the Capitol broke into the building, and forced the Senate to recess. Within minutes, staffers fled the Senate chamber carrying the legitimate electors' physical certificates of vote and certificates of ascertainment.Next to the Senate chamber, a group of rioters chased a U.S. Capitol Police officer up a flight of stairs to within forty feet of where Pence was sheltering with his family. As they did so, the rioters shouted at the officer, in search of public officials, "Where the **** they at? Where the **** they counting the votes at? Why are you protecting them? You're a **** traitor."
On the other side of the Capitol, the House was also forced to recess.
Makes you swell with civic pride, doesn't it?
Beginning at about 1:30 p.m., the defendant settled in the dining room off of the Oval Office. He spent the afternoon there reviewing Twitter on his phone, while the dining room television played Fox News' contemporaneous coverage of events at the Capitol.
At 2:13 p.m., the crowd at the Capitol broke into the building, and forced the Senate to recess. Within minutes, staffers fled the Senate chamber carrying the legitimate electors' physical certificates of vote and certificates of ascertainment.Next to the Senate chamber, a group of rioters chased a U.S. Capitol Police officer up a flight of stairs to within forty feet of where Pence was sheltering with his family. As they did so, the rioters shouted at the officer, in search of public officials, "Where the **** they at? Where the **** they counting the votes at? Why are you protecting them? You're a **** traitor."
On the other side of the Capitol, the House was also forced to recess.
Makes you swell with civic pride, doesn't it?