Chapter 8.6 - The United States Capitol is Breached (The January 6th Report)
Government Unfiltered
Dan Williams
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🗓️ 3 May 2023
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Summary
Extremists, conspiracy theorists and others breached the U.S. Capitol building at several locations over the course of an hour. This section describes how they probed for weaknesses in the building's defenses, battled law enforcement personnel who stood in their way, and coordinated and communicated with groups in different areas. The first entrance was breached at 2:14 p.m., and rioters gained access to one final entry point at 4:15 p.m.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a reading of the December 22nd, 2022 final report from the select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the United |
| 0:16.2 | States Capitol. |
| 0:18.4 | Chapter 8 Analysis of the attack. 8.6. The United States Capitol is breached. |
| 0:30.0 | Incided by President Trump over the course of the next hour, |
| 0:33.8 | extremists, conspiracy theorists, and others breached the U.S. Capitol Building |
| 0:39.1 | at several locations. |
| 0:40.8 | They probed for weaknesses in the building's defenses, battling law enforcement personnel who stood in their way. |
| 0:48.0 | Once again, the Proud Boys and other extremists played conspicuous roles. |
| 0:55.3 | The Senate wing is breached at 2.13 p.m. |
| 1:00.1 | At 2.m. |
| 1:01.8 | Dominic Pizola, a proud boy from New York, smashed a window on the Senate |
| 1:06.8 | wing. This was the first breach of the Capitol Building. |
| 1:11.5 | Pizola used a riot shield he stole from a law enforcement officer to break through the window. |
| 1:18.0 | After climbing through, Rioters were able to easily open a nearby Senate wing door from the inside, giving them unfettered passage |
| 1:26.0 | into the building at 214 PM. |
| 1:29.8 | Two minutes later, at approximately 216.16 p.m. |
| 1:33.8 | Riots pushed open a second door, the Senate fire door from the inside. |
| 1:39.2 | Just as the building was being breached, Vice President Pence and Speaker Pelosi were ushered off the Senate and House floors respectively. |
| 1:49.0 | The first person to enter the Capitol Building was a Kentucky native named Michael Sparks. |
| 1:55.0 | Sparks had expressed his desire to kill people after watching protests in the summer of 2020. |
| 2:02.0 | Following one of President Trump's calls to Washington, D.C. on December 30, 2020, |
| 2:08.0 | Sparks answered that he would be there. |
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