From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story.

I'm Manvien Rana.

I was here in Washington on January 6, 2021, and watching the events of that day unfold in real time, of course.

And only count the electors who have been lawfully slated.

Lots of angry speeches followed by the march on Congress.

Everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building

to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.

Today we will see whether Republicans stand strong.

And then a mass assault on the seat of American democracy

by the supporters of the losing candidate in the election.

Thank you. David Charter is an assistant editor of the Times, based in Washington, D.C., where he's covered American politics for seven years.

I just remember struggling to process the enormity of what I was seeing.

Police from the Capitol!

Hey my!

Hey, black!

Not just the mob pushing through the barriers and fighting with the police and breaking into Congress, But guns drawn on the floor of the House of Representatives

and appeals for intervention from President Trump that he just took an age to act on.

And I thought afterwards, there's no way back for Donald Trump.

There's no way he could return to politics, let alone the White House.

And I wasn't alone. Many senior Republicans were disowning him that day and in the days following.

When it comes to accountability, the President needs to understand that his actions were the problem, not the solution.

That the rally yesterday was unseemly. It got out of hand.

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