reporter: oath keeper donovan crowell is facing some of the most serious charges in the capital breach. look over the capitol, overran the capitol. reporter: we found him in ohio where he s awaiting trial. i m with cnn. excuse me? i m with cnn, drew griffin. no thanks, man, i m good. how s your day? i ve been talking to your mom and your sister. they mentioned that you might want to say something to us about about what? about your case and whether or not you feel bad about it. i feel bad about my case? feel bad about what you did? well, actually, the things i did i was hanging out with some of the wrong people, it seems like, but i didn t really do anything, so i feel pretty good that my case is going to come out and show that. do you feel like you were manipulated into going to the capitol? no, no, i really got nothing to say to you. i don t watch your garbage anyway. i love the person that he used to be, but i despite the person that he is now.
his first respond to the violence. tweeting i m asking for everyone at the u.s. capitol to remain peaceful. no violence. remember, we are the party of law and order. i don t think people who came to the capitol today had a lot of respect for my co-workers and i. this is insane. reporter: lawmakers, including republicans, falling into cnn, were astoupded at the president s detachment. the election s over and the objectors need to stop med allege with the primal forces of our democracy here so call it off, mr. president. we need you to call this off. reporter: president trump did not call it off. on a person overlooking the crowd, alex jones begins to spin the lie antifa was causing the violence. we have the witnesses, we have the footage. reporter: coy griffin makes
his gun. someone repeatedly tased him in the neck. they were trying to kill me. reporter: struggling to survive outside the capitol, was trying to defend lawmakers still trapped inside. we were just told that there has been tear gas in the rotunda and they re being instructed to each of us get gas masks that are under our seats. reporter: armed capitol police are blocking the doors of the united states house of representatives. you are a traitor. you go against reporter: up in the gallery, colorado congressman jason ceo was in a group of members trapped. we were the ones, the members that they were going to try to kill or capture. reporter: crow called his wife, told her i love you. then the former army ranger with more than a hundred combat missions plotted to escape. there was a part of me that
unfairly treated for so long. he finishes: remember this day forever. congress has returned to the capitol. reporter: the day was not over. we went back and did our job. we fulfilled our constitutional duty and they will never break us. to those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. reporter: trump lost. the insurrection 235i8d. congress certified joe biden as the 46th president of the us. but the big lie has not gone away. the assault on democracy is escalating. our movement is far from over. in fact, it is just getting started. happy anniversary. (customer) for what? (burke) every year you re with us, you get fifty dollars toward your home deductible. it s a policy perk for being a farmers customer. (customer) do i have to do anything? (burke) nothing. (customer) nothing? (burke) nothing. (customer) nothing? (burke) nothing. (customer) hmm, that is really something. (burke) you get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. see ya.
siege on the capitol are permanent. the lives of those who took part have been upended, many face prison time, lost jobs. this cost me a lot. it s cost me a lot. reporter: coy griffin faces federal charges his county commission seat is being threatened. sorry, i m not quitting. i m not resigning. reporter: and still, he is a believer. i personally will never recognize joe biden as the president of the united states as long as i have the type of questions that i have regarding the elections. yvonne st. sere also charged for storming the capitol thinks it s all part of a grand plan. i don t regret going on january 6th at all, and i don t even regret going through the window. reporter: bartender josh pruitt said he can t find a job because of his role in the riot, and as for the charges against him. you re in serious trouble. i ll be just fine. because i didn t do anything.