“Radio communications from the Metropolitan Police Division spotlight how, throughout and and following President Trump’s speech, Trump supporters descended on the Capitol, and have become more and more violent. What you’re about to listen to has not been made public earlier than.” “In one other radio communication between Metropolitan Law enforcement officials, you possibly can hear an officer declare that there’s a riot on the capital at 1:49 p.m.” “We’re seeing the within view because the mob approaches from outdoors and beats the home windows and doorways. You possibly can see that the rioters first broke the window with the picket beam that you simply noticed beforehand, and a lone police officer inside responds and begins to spray the primary man who enters, however is shortly overwhelmed. I need you to concentrate to the primary group of assailants as they break into the constructing. The second man by the window is sporting full tactical physique armor and is carrying a baseball bat. Others are carrying riot shields. Amongst this group are members of the Proud Boys, a few of whom, like Dominic Pezzola, who was not too long ago indicted on federal conspiracy expenses, we are going to talk about later. On this safety footage, you possibly can see Officer Goodman operating to reply to the preliminary breach. Officer Goodman passes Senator Mitt Romney, and directs him to show round so as to get to security. On the primary ground, simply beneath them, the mob had already began to seek for the Senate chamber. Officer Goodman made his means right down to the primary ground. On the left-hand facet of the video, simply contained in the hallway, is the door to the Senate chamber. And watch how officer Goodman provokes the rioters and purposefully attracts them away from the door to the Senate chamber and in the direction of the opposite officers ready down the corridor. The rioter seen carrying a baseball bat on this video is identical one we noticed moments in the past, breaching the window on the primary ground. Whereas all of this was happening, Vice President Pence was nonetheless within the room close to the Senate chamber. It was not till to 2:26 that he was evacuated to a safe location. This subsequent safety video exhibits that evacuation. His actions are depicted by the orange dot in our mannequin — the crimson and blue dots symbolize the placement the place the mob and Officer Goodman had been, and the place Officer Goodman led the mob away from the chamber, simply moments in the past. You possibly can see Vice President Pence and his household shortly moved down the steps. The vice chairman turns round briefly as he’s headed down. About the identical time Capitol Police introduced the Capitol had been breached, Speaker Pelosi’s employees heeded the decision to shelter in place. As you possibly can see right here, the employees strikes from their places of work, by the halls, after which enters a door on the correct hand facet. That’s the outer door of a convention room, which additionally has an internal door that they barricaded with furnishings. The employees then hid below a convention room desk in that internal room. That is the final staffer stepping into after which barricading themselves within the internal workplace. After simply seven minutes of them barricading themselves, and the final staffer coming into the door on the correct, a bunch of rioters entered the hallway outdoors. And as soon as inside, the riders have free rein within the speaker of the Home’s places of work. On this safety video, take note of the door that we noticed these staffers main into and going into. One of many rioters, you possibly can see, is throwing his physique towards the door 3 times till he breaks open that outer door. Fortunately, when confronted with the internal door, he strikes on.” “This safety footage, which doesn’t have sound, exhibits a close-up of Trump’s mob as they transfer towards the second ground of the Home chamber to cease the counting of votes. This safety video exhibits Ashli Babbitt, adopted by others within the mob, turning the nook towards the Home foyer doorways the place the members had been leaving. This safety video from 2:56 p.m. exhibits the mob within the Home of Representatives wing on the second ground of the Capitol. Insurrectionists who’re nonetheless contained in the constructing are combating with the police, who’re overwhelmed and making an attempt to get them out. On this safety video, you possibly can see how the Capitol Police created a line and blocked the hallway with their our bodies to forestall rioters on the finish of the corridor from reaching you and your employees. Further safety footage exhibits how chief Schumer and the members of his protecting element had a close to miss with the mob. They got here inside simply yards of rioters and needed to flip round. Going up the ramp along with his element, he’ll quickly exit of view. Seconds later, they return and run again down the hallway, and officers instantly shut the door and use their our bodies to maintain them protected. Right here’s an audio recording from the radio site visitors of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Division describing the violence.” “In a separate Metropolitan Police Division radio site visitors recording, you possibly can hear an officer when he realizes that the insurrectionists had overtaken the police line.” “Hours after members of the Home and Senate had left this space, on the west entrance of the constructing, the mob continued to develop, continued to beat the officers as they tried to get in. On this new safety video, you possibly can see the mob attacking officers with a crutch, a hockey stick, a bullhorn and a Trump flag.”