This is a reading of the December 22nd, 2022 final report from the select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the United

States Capitol.

Chapter 8 Analysis of the Attack. 8.1. The Mob assembles in Washington.

During the early morning hours of January 6th, tens of thousands of Americans from around the country

began to gather at the ellipse and the Washington Monument. They had come to hear President Trump speak, and, more importantly, for his wild protest.

Nick Quested, a documentary filmmaker, captured the mood that morning.

Jacob Chansley, aka the Q'Anan shaman,

proclaimed, this is our 1776,

vowing, Joe Biden is never getting in.

An unnamed woman from Georgia, who said she hosted a podcast dedicated to a new so-called

Patriot Party, also proclaimed January 6th to be the new 1776. She added an ominous warning.

I'm not allowed to say what's going to happen today because everyone's just going to have to watch.

Something's gonna happen one way or the other.

The Secret Service set up magnetometers to screen for weapons and other contraband,

but many rallygoers chose to avoid the screening altogether.

At 6.29 a.m. Stuart Rhodes, the leader of the oathkeepers, reminded his group's members that D.C. prohibited blades over three inches and encouraged

them to keep the knives low profile.

Others were thinking along the same lines.

At 7.25 a.m.

The National Park Service reported that a significant number of attendees

ditched their bags and trees rather than have them inspected. Cassidy Hutchinson told the select committee,

she heard that thousands of people refused to walk through magnetometers to enter the ellipse

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