New security video shows poignant details of the Capitol attack

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Prosecuting The House Democrats Donald TrumpDonald Trump Shoe Says Trump Team Will Be ‘Very Prepared’ After Criticism Iowa Republicans Try To Cut Funding For Schools With 1619 Project In Curriculum Capitol Riot Seen Smoking In Rotunda MOREThe impeachment case revealed harrowing new video footage on Wednesday that gave a fresh perspective on how close the rioters got to the then vice president Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard Pence The Republican Party Must Cast Out Its Demons Democrats To Go For Emotion At Trump Trial This Week: Senate Starts Trump Trial As Democrats Draft Coronavirus Bill MORE and US senators when they broke into the Capitol on January 6.

Released on the second day of Trump’s Senate trial, the new footage uses Capitol security cameras placed around the complex and shows both the mob’s violent intentions and the exploits of several Capitol Police agents, including Eugene Goodman, who had diverted the police. crowd away from senators on the chamber floor.

The new images are intended to advance the Democrats’ argument that the former president had deliberately fueled his supporters with allegations of stolen elections and then encouraged them to march to the Capitol to block the vote that his victory was opponent certifies, Joe BidenJoe BidenPostal Service Profits After Spike In Holiday Deliveries Overnight Defense: Pentagon Commits To Eliminate Extremism From Its Ranks | Top admiral condemns extremism after noose, hate speech discovered GOP senators send clear signal: Trump acquitted MORE.

The video shows a group of violent Trump supporters overwhelming the Capitol police and storming through a barricade set up on the western front of the Capitol. In previously unreleased audio from internal Capitol Police messages, officers can be heard frantically warning of violations and calling for reinforcement.

“They’re throwing metal poles at us,” an officer shouts.

At 1:49 p.m. the breach was formally declared a riot.

One of the revelations from the new footage: Goodman runs down a second-floor hallway to the Senate Chamber, where he sees Sen. Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt Romney GOP Senators Send Clear Signal: Trump Acquitted Begala: Trump Represented by ‘Meandering and Furious’ Senate Votes Lawsuit Constitutional; six Republicans vote ‘yes’ MORE (R-Utah), fleeing to the Rotunda. Goodman appears to be leading Romney back to the room – and safety.

Some of the new footage comes from the dozens of Capitol security cameras placed in the Capitol Building and House and Senate’s connected office buildings, as well as around the Capitol grounds.

Until now, the video from those security cameras had not been shown to the public. The FBI seized most of those videos as part of its ongoing investigation into the January 6 assault.

Some of the rioters who broke into the Capitol have indicated that they intended to kill Pence for refusing to block certification of Biden’s victory, as Trump had asked.

But the Secret Service did not evacuate Pence from a room connected to the Senate Chamber until 2:26 p.m., 37 minutes after the initial breach, according to new security footage shown by prosecutors.

The clear timeline shows just how close a call was to Pence.

The new security footage also reveals eight members of Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Pelosi Trump Attorney Says Roberts’ Absence Creates Conflicts of Interest for Democrats Budget Reconciliation May Be The Only Hope For Lower Drug Prices The Republican Party Must Cast Out Its Demons MOREThe (D-Calif.) staff fled their offices and ducked into a conference room, which had the advantage of having a double door. There they crawled under a desk and waited.

The cameras captured rioters arriving in that hallway seven minutes later, and one of them slammed and broke into the outside door. The inner door was never broken.

Impeachment managers played the audio of a phone call from one of Pelosi’s aides, who sought help from the Capitol Police.

“They’re pounding on the doors to find her,” the assistant overhears into the phone.

Pelosi herself, second in line for the presidency, was evacuated from the House floor and evacuated from the Capitol complex to an unnamed, off-site location due to the seriousness of the threat against her.

Capitol Police thought the threat was so dangerous [to Pelosi] that they completely evacuated her from the Capitol complex, ”Rep. Stacey PlaskettStacey Plaskett Lawmakers Offer Competing Priorities For Infrastructure Plans The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented By Facebook – Which Way Will Democrats Take With The COVID-19 Bill? On The Money: Economy Shrinked 3.5 Percent In 2020 | Lawmakers are ripping Robinhood’s decision on GameStop | Budget rules, politics threatens hourly minimum wage MORE (DV.I.), one of the impeachment managers, told senators.

“We know from the rioters themselves that if they found Speaker Pelosi,” Plaskett said, “they would have killed her.”

After the Republican senators paid different attention for the first three and a half hours of day two, they were in awe of the new security footage of Pence being evacuated from his Senate office.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers watched intently as the managers played out images of Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) Staff barricaded themselves in an office minutes before a group of rioters walked down a hallway.

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