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7:12 PM: 'evin 2ŠMalley, Press Secre-
tary to 9 ice President Mike Pence tweets
“ 9 ice President #MikeBPence has re-
turned to the Senate. +e never left the
Capitol. #9P was in regular contact w
+ouse Senate leadership, Cap Police,
'2-, 'o' to facilitate efforts to secure
the Capitol reconvene Congress...”7:14 PM: -a]mine 8 lloa of The Boston
Globe tweets a video as reporters walk
through the Capitol subway from the şsecure
locationŠ back to the Capitol building
“... 2 ne of the federal ofɿcers told us to
watch the walls once we get to the Cap-
itol building because of the tear gas.”7:15 PM: Secretary of the Army McCarthy
says that both chambers and leadership
ofɿces are cleared. +e says that after
Mayor Bowser asked for more assistance at
around 2 p.m., the 00 'C *uard who were
conducting trafɿc control around the district
were sent back to the 'C Armory to reɿt
for a crowd control mission. “*uardsmen
started ʀowing into the area of the Capitol
soon after and reinforced Metro Police on
the perimeter of the Capitol. This allowed
the police and )BI personnel to clear theSPECIAL REPORT6:56 PM: (van Pere] of CNN tweets
“(veryone seemed to know. 8 S Capitol
Police were surprised, overwhelmed.”
7:00 PM: )acebook removes President
TrumpŠs posts from both )acebook and
Instagram “We removed from )acebook
and Instagram the recent video of President
Trump speaking about the protests and
his subseTuent post about the election
results. We made the decision that on
balance these posts contribute to, rather
than diminish, the risk of ongoing violence.”
/ater, Rep. Marjorie Taylor reene R-A
tweets “Silicon 9 alley Cartel is trying to
shut down and censor >sic@ our President.”
Two minutes later, Twitter locks
President Trump out of his account for
at least 12 hours over “repeated and
severe violations” of its civic integrity
policy. In order to unlock the account,
he must delete the offending tweets,
including the video he tweeted earlier.
7:11 PM: Igor Bobic of +ufɿngton Post
tweets “Press and Senate staff, with boxes
containing afɿdavits, are now heading back
to the Capitol now. /awmakers are expected
to restart the electoral certiɿcation tonight.”