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2:16 PM: 8 lloa of The Boston Globe
tweets a video “Protestors have en-
tered the Capitol.” The video shows
protesters walking up the stairs, with
Capitol Police getting out of their way.

2:16 PM: SlateŠs Newell tweets
“'oor on the east front. They >the
protestors@ are right here.”

+e tweets again at 2:21 PM, video of
people now banging on the doors.

2:18 PM: Schaffer of The Blaze tweets a
video of protesters spraying police with
pepper spray or something eTuivalent

“revolution in process as Trump supporters

break into the Capitol building, attacking

police, breaking windows, and knocking

down doors...The people have pushed

through are storming to main chambers.”

2:18 PM: As Rep. Paul *osar R-A= is

speaking, the +ouse is declared in recess.

2:19 PM: As Sen. -ames /ankford R- 2 K is

speaking, the Senate is declared in recess

“The Senate will stand in recess until the call

of the chair...Protesters are in the building.”

C 4 Roll Call reporter Chris Ciofɿ, seated

in the press gallery overlooking the Senate

ʀoor, noticed someone rush into the cham-

ber and head for Iowa Sen. Charles (. *rass-

ley, a Republican who also holds the con-

stitutional ofɿce of president pro tempore.

“Someone rushed in, and it felt like

they were running down to *rassley

and saying he needed to get up to the

presiding ofɿcerŠs desk,” Ciofɿ said.

“They kind of jerked him up there.”

Ciofɿ couldnŠt see it, but the consti-

tutional Senate president, also known

as 9 ice President Mike Pence, was

being rushed out of the chamber.

“/ankford, he stopped talking, and

then *rassley gaveled out and said thereŠd

be a 10-minute recess,” Ciofɿ said.

“...Shortly after the recess was called,

*rassley also was escorted from the

chamber, and the senators were locked in,”

Ciofɿ said. “A veteran Capitol ofɿcer stood

at the presidentŠs podium and told members

to take their seats and clear the aisles.”

Members of the Senate are in-

structed to evacuate the chambers.

2:19 PM: Steven Nelson of the New

York Post tweets more video of pro-

testers coming up the stairs inside the

Capitol building “Trump protesters

are demanding to see senators.”

2:20 PM: 8 lloa of The Boston Globe

tweets at the front of the Capitol “...

They are banging on the door. They

have broken the glass window.”

2:20 PM: Sarah )erris of Politico tweets

“-8ST N 2 W on the ʀoor Capitol Police

ofɿcer addressing the +ouse ʀoor şWe

had a breach of the Capitol building.Š”

2:22 PM: Secretary of the Army Ryan

McCarthy has a phone call with Mayor

Bowser and other '.C. leaders. They reTuest

additional '.C. National *uard support.

2:23 PM: Nelson of the New York

Post tweets a dramatic video “Trump

protesters just discharged a ɿre extin-

guisher outside Senate chamber.”

2:23 PM: 8 lloa of The Boston Globe tweets

a video “A dense group of protestors has

shattered the windows of the Capitol. We

can hear roaring chants of ş8SAŠ outside.”

2:24 PM: 'aniella 'ia] of CNN tweets

“A// Capitol staff as well as report-

ers are being asked to lock themselves

in their ofɿces due to a security threat

inside the building, immediately.”

2:24 PM: Ashan Benedict, head of the

Washington ɿeld ofɿce of the Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco, )irearms and (xplosives

part of the 'epartment of -ustice says

“They had apparently more bear spray and

pepper spray and chemical munitions than

we did...WeŠre coming up with plans to

counteract their chemical munitions with

some of our own less-than-lethal devices,

so these conversations are going on as this

chaos is unfolding in front of my eyes.”

2:24 PM: President Trump tweets “Mike

Pence didnŠt have the courage to do

what should have been done to protect

our Country and our Constitution, giving

States a chance to certify a corrected set

of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate

ones which they were asked to previ-

ously certify. 8 SA demands the truth”

2:24 PM: The Washington Post reports

that on Parler and *ab, right-wingśfriend-

ly social media sites, Trump followers

urge the crowd in Washington to ɿnd

and accost 9 ice President Pence. Within

minutes, the chant arose from factions of

the mob at the Capitol “Where is Pence"”

2:26 PM: '.C. Mayor Bowser, Acting

Police Chief Robert Contee and city

government ofɿcials, together with

8 SCP Chief Sund have a conference call

with the commander of the '.C. Na-

tional *uard Major *eneral Walker.

According to The Washington Post

Major *eneral Walker patches in the 2 fɿce

of the Secretary of the Army. 'irector of

the Army staff /t. *eneral Walter (. Piatt