Timeline fills in some gaps
At 4:08 p.m. on Jan. 6, as the rioters roamed the Capitol and after they had menacingly called out for Pelosi, D-Calif., and yelled for Pence to be hanged, the vice president was in a secure location, phoning Christopher Miller, the acting defense secretary, and demanding answers.
There had been a highly public rift between Trump and Pence, with Trump furious that his vice president refused to halt the Electoral College certification. Interfering with that process was an act that Pence considered unconstitutional. The Constitution makes clear that the vice president s role in this joint session of Congress is largely ceremonial.
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Virginia man charged with helping plan Capitol attack will be jailed until trial
Tom Jackman, Spencer S. Hsu and Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post
Feb. 12, 2021
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WASHINGTON - A Virginia man accused of being a coordinator in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was ordered held in jail until his trial, with a federal judge finding Friday that his messages to others discussing bringing weapons to Washington and future attacks on state capitols made him a danger not just to the community but actually to the fundamental fabric of democracy we also cherish.
Thomas Caldwell, 66, of Berryville, Va., is charged with conspiring with two Ohio members of the conservative Oath Keepers to obstruct the electoral vote count, destroy government property and enter a restricted area, though prosecutors acknowledge he didn t enter the Capitol building. Caldwell spoke up three times as U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in the District of Columbia explained his reasons for detaining
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