thank you mr. president. members of the senate. at this point, representatives they will the joint session and law enforcement. i do want to alert everyone that there is some very graphic, violent footage just so that people are aware. i m going to call again on representative raskin. and what to call on the trained prosecutor. mr. president. senators. almost all of us were here on january 6. we all have our individual experiences, what we felt, what we saw, what we heard. we ve seen clips and reports in the media. i have to tell you. it was not until preparing for this trial that i understood the full scope and learned the information that you are going to see, but i understood the effort to attack our state of government. in order to carry out president trump s mission to prevent the certification of a presidential election. it was an attack to our republic. to our democratic process. my colleagues, rep. swalwell and i will walk you through that day and the danger it
but they were there just toct protect us, and they did, and our staff, in the custodial staff and all the people who work so hard in this building. they were there to protect the votes of the american people that were being counted that day. i will show you more later about what that day was like for those brave officers, but first let s go back toir what was happening where manager plaskett left off in the house chamber here writers who entered the building through the senate quicklyhe spread out through the capital, many headed towards house and senate chambers. out, chairman mcgovern was residing in the house attempting to keep the counting process going. on our phones, members were receiving security updates and watching social media to see the horror going on outside. never thought it would make its way and. 2:25 p.m., rioters already in the building opened the east side doors of alcohol, to let more of the mob in and quickly came in through the doors, overwhelming the o
pelosi and pence speaker pelosi, joint session and law enforcement. i want to alert everyone there is very graphic violent footage coming, just so people are aware. i m going to call again, i should tell you went to work at the department of justice and senior counsel for deputy attorney general. thompson under attorney general, a very well trained experienced prosecutor. mr. president, senators. almost all of us were here january 6 and we all have our individual experiences but we felt, but we saw, what we heard, we seen clips and reports in the media i have to tell you, it was not until hearings of this trial that i understood the full scope and learn the information you re going to see that i understood effort to attack our receipt of government. in order to carry out president trump s mission, the certification of a presidential election, it was an attack to our republic, to our democratic process, my colleagues, swalwell and i are going to walk you through attacks on t
because of coronavirus restrictions congressional members have been waiting in the gallery for their time to speak just one level above the house floor representatives staff journalists all took cover under their chairs helped each other put on their gas masks and held hands as writers gathered outside here in the slide you see representative jason crow comforting our colleague representative susan wild the riders continued to surround the house chamber flooding the halls and kicking on the doors as they passed them this security video shows ashley babbitt followed by others in the mob turning the corner toward the house lobby doors where the members were leaving chairman the governor was one of the last members to leave the floor as he left the house lobby just after 2 40 pm he was spotted by the mom. was. was. that. minutes later at 2 44 pm actually babbitt attempted to climb through a shattered window into the house lobby to protect the members in the lobby an officer disc