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4:56 PM: Sen. -eff Merkley '- 2 R

tweets “(lectoral college ballots res-

cued from the Senate ʀoor. If our capable

ʀoor staff hadnŠt grabbed them, they

would have been burned by the mob.”

4:58 PM: Rachel Chason of The Wash-

ington Post tweets a video “Police now

here in much larger numbers, push-

ing rioters away from the doors.”

“Traitors, traitors,” rioters are chanting

as police try to protect the 8 S Capitol.

“)uck the blue,” a woman just yelled ...”

4:58 PM: Townhall.com reporter Ro-

sas tweets a video from outside the

front of the Capitol “Rioters just

mobbed >news media@ camera crews

and destroyed their eTuipment.”

5:00 PM: (mily 'avies of The Wash-

ington Post tweets “...ItŠs now just after

5pm and the Capitol is much Tuieter.

Police in riot gear are positioned at the

North side of the Capitol. Most dem-

onstrators have cleared the area.”

5:00 PM: Ali =aslav of CNN tweets “Seeing

lots of )BI SWAT roaming the Capitol.”

5:00 PM: CNN reports “As 8 S Marshals,

AT), and 8 S Park Police joined the efforts

to secure the Capitol, the 'epartment of

'efense recogni]ed the need for a solid

perimeter and put in a reTuest for secure

fences from the 'epartment of +omeland

Security. The -foot fences, made to be

impossible to scale, had to be brought

in from Maryland. By Thursday after-

noon,  5  of the fence was complete.”

5:01 PM: President pro tempore Chuck

*rassley tweets “TodayŠs violent attack on

the 8 .S. Capitol was an attack on Ameri-

can democracy itself. I condemn todayŠs

violence in the strongest terms perpe-

trators deserve to be prosecuted to the

fullest extent of the law. I also thank Capitol

Police for protecting our Capitol staff.”

5:02 PM: The ɿrst of 15 '.C. National

*uard leave the '.C. Armory to support

8 SCP. The Pentagon says “They are

armed to operate in support of rees-

tablishing control of the Capitol.”

5:03 PM: +arrison Smith of The Wash-

ington Post tweets “... still hundreds of

people on the west side of the Capitol,

where a few men with military-style

helmets and camo seem set on turning

barricades into a fortress for “patriots.”

5:07 PM: - a]mine 8 lloa of The Boston

Globe tweets “WeŠre still in a secret

location inside the Capitol. No word

yet on when weŠll be allowed to leave

...doesnŠt seem like anytime soon...”

*race Segers of CBS News writes

“Shortly before 5 p.m., Capitol staff-

ers wheeled in trays of food and drink

for lawmakers and the reporters sit-

ting in the anteroom outside of where

the senators were gathered. I sat on

the ʀoor, charged my phone, and won-

dered what would happen next.

At one point, Senator Ted Cru] emerged

from the room ɿlled with senators. A re-

porter asked him if he felt any responsibility

for the dayŠs events, making reference to

his support for objecting to the (lectoral

College results. Cru] did not answer, but

turned and walked back into the room.”

5:11 PM: Kamala +arris tweets “I join

President-elect #-oeBiden in calling for

the assault on the Capitol and our nationŠs

public servants to end, and as he said, “al-

low the work of democracy to go forward.”

5:14 PM: =aslav of CNN tweets “Sen.

• oe Manchin >'-W9@ says he hopes that
  Congress can get the (lectoral College cer-
  tiɿcation done tonight. “WeŠll stay whatever
  it takes..these thugs arenŠt running us off.”
  +e said the mood is “ok” in the undis-
  closed location where all the senators
  are being held...“a lot of prayers.”

5:18 PM: Smith of The Washington Post

tweets from the west side of the Capitol

“Police have forced most of the crowd

from bleachers with ʀash bangs and gas.

ItŠs stopped for now. )olks seem to be

reassembling. Chanting şTraitors.Š”

5:22 PM: Acting Secretary of 'efense

Miller makes a statement on full activation

of the '.C. National *uard and the change

in mission from indirectly supporting the