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January 4, 2024

U.S. ATTORNEY MATTHEW GRAVES ON 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF JANUARY 6TH ATTACK

2024-01-05T17:59:09-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNTM1XC8wMTJcLzE3MDQzOTkxMTlfMDEyLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19“It’s
been three years since a violent mob attacked our Capitol,” said Matthew Graves,
U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, as he began a presentation on the
January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He spoke on the progress of the
investigations to hold the guilty accountable and requested “the public’s
continued assistance in identifying individuals who committed crimes on January
6th … who have yet to be identified.” U.S. Attorney Graves discussed the events
of January 6th and showed video evidence throughout his presentation that has
been shared with courtrooms around the country but not seen by the public before
now.

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“It’s been three years since a violent mob attacked our Capitol,” said Matthew
Graves, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, as he began a presentation
on the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He spoke on the progress of the
investigations to hold the guilty accountable and requested “the public’s
continued assistance in identifying individuals who committed crimes on January
6th … who have yet to be identified.” U.S. Attorney Graves discussed the events
of January 6th and showed video evidence throughout his presentation that has
been shared with courtrooms around the country but not seen by the public before
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C-SPAN'S WASHINGTON JOURNAL. JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION ON C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW, OR
ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG SATURDAY MORNING. (music)THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCED
TODAY IT AGREED TO HEAR A CASE ON WHETHER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CAN BE
KEPT OFF STATE PRESIDENTIAL BALLOTS. THE FORMER PRESIDENT APPEALED A COLORADO
SUPREME COURT RULING THAT FOUND HIM INELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE'S REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY BALLOT. THE JUSTICES HAVE SET FEBRUARY 8 FOR THE ORAL ARGUMENT. YOU CAN
WATCH THE CASE ON OUR WEBSITE, C-SPAN.ORG. (music)...

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UP NEXT, A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATIONS ON THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL. MATTHEW GRAZES THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. HE SHOWS VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH COURTROOMS
AROUND THE COUNTRY BUT NOT SEEN BY THE PUBLIC. ...

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IT HAS BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE A VIOLENT MOB ATTACKED OUR CAPITOL. MUCH WORK HAS
BEEN DONE TO HOLD MEMBERS OF THE MOB RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIMES THEY COMMITTED.
THE PROSECUTIONS HAVE NECESSARILY FOCUSED ON THE ACTIONS OF THE INDIVIDUALS
CHARGED. NOT THE COLLECTIVE HARM DONE BY THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE
SIMULTANEOUSLY COMMITTING CRIMES THAT DAY. IT IS CRITICAL, THOUGH, THAT WE
REMEMBER THE COLLECTIVE HARM THAT WAS DONE ON JANUARY 6, 2021 AND UNDERSTAND HOW
IT HAPPENED SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. ALSO ON THE OCCASION
OF THIS ANNIVERSARY, WE REQUEST THE PUBLIC'S CONTINUED ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING
INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMITTED CRIMES ON JANUARY 6, 2021 WHO HAVE YET TO BE
IDENTIFIED. PARTICULARLY THE ROUGHLY 80 STILL UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE
BELIEVED TO HAVE COMMITTED ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. IN
FURTHERANCE OF BRINGING THESE PEOPLE TO JUSTICE, WE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF
THE MOST SERIOUS ASSAULTS THAT HAVE YET TO BE CHARGED AND PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THE UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECTS THAT THE FBI HAS PREPARED. BEFORE TURNING TO WHAT
REMAINS TO BE DONE, THOUGH, LET'S START WITH THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6, 2021 AND
THE COLLECTIVE HARM THAT WAS DONE THAT DAY. THE EVIDENCE ADMITTED IN COURT A
FRACTION OF WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS PRESENTATION PROVIDES A ENCUMBRANCE A
PICTURE OF THE DAY'S HARROWING EVENTS. ON JANUARY 6TH, 2021, THE UNITED STATES
LOST CONTROL OF THE GROUNDS AROUND ITS CAPITOL AND MOST OF THE CAPITOL ITSELF.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DESCENDED ON THE CAPITOL AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE
MOB USED FORCE AND VIOLENCE TO OVERWHELM THE VASTLY OUTNUMBERED LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS PROTECTING THE BUILDING. AND THOSE WHO WORK WITH WITHIN IT. IN SCENES
OFTEN REMINISCENT OF A MEDIEVAL BATTLE. OFFICERS -- MEDIEVAL BATTLE, OFFICERS
ENGAGED IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT WITH MEMBERS OF THIS INVADING FORCE. MANY OF WHOM
CARRIED DANGEROUS WEAPONS INCLUDING FIREARMS, CHEMICAL SPRAYS, TASERS, STABBING
WEAPONS AND MAKESHIFT WEAPONS ACROSS THE CAPITOL AND IN THE CAPITAL ITSELF. 140
OFFICERS GUARDING THE CAPITOL THAT DAY REPORTED PHYSICAL INJURY. BUT WE KNOW
FROM TALKING TO THE HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS GUARDING THE U.S. CAPITOL THAT DAY THAT
THIS 140 NUMBER UNDERCOUNTS THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHO WERE PHYSICALLY INJURED.
LET ALONE THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED TRAUMA AS A RESULT OF THE DAYS EVENTS. THE
SIEGE OF THE CAPITOL IS LIKELY THE LARGEST SINGLE DAY MASS ASSAULT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR NATIONS HISTORY. -- OUR NATION'S HISTORY. A NUMBER
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO WERE INJURED HAVE LEFT THEIR PRIOR POSITIONS OR
ART SO THEY STAY PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE POLICE COMMUNITY.
WITH NEARLY 900 PEOPLE CONVICTED TO DATE OF CRIMES COMMITTED ON JANUARY 6, 2021,
WE ARE AT A POINT IN OUR PROSECUTIONS WHERE THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOS AND
COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN A SCULPTED -- HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY COURTS. WE WANT TO
SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE EVIDENCE SO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRIMES
THAT OCCURRED. BEFORE GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS, WHEN YOU HAVE SPENT AS MUCH
TIME AS WE HAVE SPENT REVIEWING EVIDENCE, YOU WERE DRAWN TO THE BIG PICTURE.
WHAT THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6, 2021 REVEAL IS THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS FRAGILE. THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE EXISTED WITH PEACEFUL TRANSITIONS OF POWER FOR OVER 200 YEARS
IS NOT A GUARANTEE OF OUR FUTURE. NOTHING IS ASSURED. THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS WE
ALL HOLD SO DEAR ARE ONLY PRIED AS LONG AS OUR DEMOCRACY CONTINUES TO EXIST AND
WILL REMAIN A NATION COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW AND PEACEFUL
TRANSITIONS OF POWER AFTER EACH FREE AND FAIR ELECTION. WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT
IN PURSUING JUSTICE WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR AND HOLDING THOSE ACCOUNTABLE WHO
THREATEN OUR SACRED INSTITUTIONS AND REFUSE TO ADHERE TO THE LAWS IN THIS
COUNTRY. THAT IS THE WHY OF THESE PROSECUTIONS AND IS WHY WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE
THIS MISSION WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR AND IT IS WHY WE CONTINUE TO SEEK THE
ASSISTANCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. JANUARY 6, 2021 WAS NOT A DATE SELECTED AT
RANDOM. IT WAS A DATE OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE TO OUR DEMOCRACY. THE
CONSTITUTION DIRECTS EACH STATE TO SELECT ELECTORS WHO WILL VOTE FOR THE
PRESIDENT AND EMPOWERS CONGRESS TO SELECT THE DAY AND TIME THAT THESE ELECTORS
WILL REPORT THEIR VOTES. CONGRESS IN TURN PASSED A LAW SETTING EACH JANUARY 6TH
AFTER A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AS THE DATE WHEN IT WILL RECEIVE THE VOTES OF THE
ELECTORS AND SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED 1 P.M AS THE HOUR ON JANUARY 6 WHEN THE
VOTES ARE TO BE RECEIVED. IN OUR MODERN ELECTIONS, THESE ELECTORS ALMOST WITHOUT
FAIL VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE WHO WON THE POPULAR VOTE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES.
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION AND THE LAWS PASSED IN SUPPORT OF THE PROVISION
AND TRYING -- ENSHRINE A PRINCIPLE DATING BACK TO THE FOUNDING OF OUR COUNTRY,
THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. 200 YEARS PRIOR TO JANUARY 6, 2021, OUR COUNTRY
HAS ROUTINELY AND PEACEFULLY HELD THIS ON VOTE FORMALIZING THE RESULTS OF THE
ELECTION NO MATTER HOW HOTLY CONTESTED THE ELECTION WAS AND WE HAVE HAD NO
SHORTAGE OF FIERCELY CONTESTED ELECTIONS IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY. IN LATE 2020
MANY OF THE PEOPLE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION WERE AWARE OF THIS CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED PROCEEDING ON JANUARY 6
2021 AND SOME BEGAN SETTING ABOUT TO STOP IT. THE STORY OF THE SIEGE OF THE
CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6 BEGAN IN THE DAYS AND THE WEEKS FOLLOWING THE ELECTION WHEN
A NUMBER OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS WERE RADICALIZED INTO BELIEVING THAT THEY NEEDED
TO USE ANY MEANS NECESSARY INCLUDING FORCE AND VIOLENCE TO STOP JOSEPH R BIDEN
JUNIOR FROM BECOMING PRESIDENT. ONE OF THESE GROUPS WAS THE THE PROUD BOYS. A
GROUP THAT DESCRIBES ITSELF AS A "PRO-WESTERN FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION FOR MEN WHO
REFUSE TO APOLOGIZE FOR CREATING THE MODERN WORLD, A.K.A. WESTERN CHAUVINISTS."
SOME OF THE RALLIES AND PROTESTS THAT PROUD BOYS HAVE ATTENDED HAVE ATTENDED --
HAVE ATTENDED HAVE RESULTED IN VIOLENCE INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. WITHIN A
FEW DAYS OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT JOE BIDEN HAD
WON THE ELECTION AND WAS THIS COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT-ELECT. AS THE PRESS BEGAN
REPORTING THIS FACT, SENIOR LEADERS OF PROUD BOYS TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND
CALLED FOR RESISTING THE OUTCOME. THE THEN NATIONAL CHAIR CHAIRMAN OF THE
ORGANIZATION BLUNTLY AND OMINOUSLY WARNED ON SOCIAL MEDIA IF BIDEN STEALS THIS
ELECTION, THE PROUD BOYS WILL BE POLITICAL PRISONERS, WE WON'T GO QUIETLY, I
PROMISE. IN LATE DECEMBER, 2020, HE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER LEADERS WITHIN THE
PROUD BOYS ORGANIZATION FORMED A SPECIAL CHAPTER OF THE PROUD WAS THAT WAS FULL
OF SO-CALLED RALLY BOYS WHO AGREED TO FOLLOW THE COMMANDS OF THE LEADERSHIP.
TOIO HANDPICKED A LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THE GROUP AND TASK THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
WITH RECRUITING TRUSTED MEN WHO WERE PREPARED TO TRAVEL. THE FIRST AND ONLY
EVENT FOR WHICH THEY PLANNED WAS THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
PROCEEDING ON JANUARY 6, 2021 IN D.C. THE LEADERSHIP TEAM SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITED
NEARLY 100 PROUD BOYS FOR THE EFFORT. HELPED TO COORDINATE CERTAIN RECRUITS
TRAVEL AND RAIS MONEY -- RAISE MONEY TO PURCHASE PARAMILITARY GEAR AND SUPPLIES
INCLUDING TACTICAL VESTS, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND RADIO EQUIPMENT. AFTER
SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITING AND ORGANIZING THESE HANDPICKED THE PROUD BOYS, TARIO
POSTED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 2021 MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT READ "LET'S BRING
THIS NEW YEAR WITH ONE WORD IN MIND, REVOLT," AND LATER "NEW YEAR'S REVOLUTION."
AND LORDS OF WAR J6 J20. IN PRIVATE ENCRYPTED MESSAGE GROUPS CREATED FOR MEMBERS
OF OF THE SPECIAL CHAPTER, ITS MEMBERS OPENLY DISCUSS STORMING THE CAPITOL AND
OTHER ASSAULTS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THE HAND SELECTED MEN OF THE SPECIAL
CHAPTER WERE DIRECTED TO MEET NEAR THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT AT 10 A.M. ON ON THE
JANUARY 6. MORNING OF JANUARY 6, 2021 A GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 100 PROUD BOYS
MEMBERS GATHERED NEAR THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT THERE WAS A FIRST AMENDMENT
PROTECTED RALLY AT THE ELLIPSE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. WHERE SPEAKERS WERE SLATED TO
ADDRESS THE SAME GRIEVANCE THAT THE PROUD BOYS LEADERS HAD WITH THE 2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WE HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED RALLIES IN THE DISTRICT
ON ALMOST A DAILY BASIS AND ALL OF THEM -- ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE PEACEFUL
RALLIES LIKE THE ONE THAT OCCURRED AT THE ELLIPSE THAT DAY. THE PROUD BOYS DID
NOT GO TO THE ELLIPSE. INSTEAD AROUND 10:30 A.M., THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS JANUARY
6 THE PROUD BOYS CHAPTER MARCHED AWAY FROM THE PLAN -- PLANNED SPEECHES AND THEY
MARCHED TO THE CAPITAL RILING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS ALONG THE WAY. ...

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CRIES OF 1776 COULD BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON JANUARY 6, 2021, 1776 IS OF
COURSE THE YEAR OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DECLARED THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM THEIR
SOVEREIGN, THE KING OF ENGLAND. JANUARY 6TH, 2021 WAS USED AS REVOLUTION THIS
TIME AGAINST A GOVERNMENT FORMED UNDER THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM CREATED BY THE
FOUNDING FATHERS. ONCE THEY ARRIVED AT THE CAPITAL, THEY WALKED AROUND IT GIVING
THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROBE ITS DEFENSES. THE MARCH REVEALED THAT THE GROUNDS
SURROUNDING THE CAPITOL HAD BEEN BLOCKED OFF WITH BIKE RACKS AND SNOW FENCING
AND THAT THESE BIKE RACKS AND FENCES HAD SIGNS ON THE MORNING THE GENERAL PUBLIC
THAT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER. THE GROUNDS WERE RESTRICTED BECAUSE OF THE
CERTIFICATION PROCEEDING THAT WAS TO TAKE PLACE THAT DAY AND THE PEOPLE WHO
WOULD BE ON THE GROUNDS FOR IT INCLUDING THE THEN VICE PRESIDENT. THE OUTER
PERIMETER FORMED BY THESE ROCKS AND FENCES IS CALLED THE RESTRICTED PERIMETER.
ONE OF THE AREAS THE PROUD BOY PASSED IS AS THEY MARCHED AROUND THE CAPITAL WAS
THE PIECE CIRCLE. WHAT THEY SAW WHEN THEY PASSED SHORTLY AFTER 11:20 A.M. WAS A
SINGLE OFFICER GUARDING THIS MAJOR ENTRY POINT TO THE CAPITOL GROUNDS. AS THEY
PAST, THE PROUD BOYS RALLIED THEIR MEN AGAIN INVOKING 1776. ...

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LET US REMIND THOSE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT THAT MEANS. [INDISCERNIBLE] > >THE
PROUD BOYS DID NOT STOP WHEN THEY SAW THIS MINIMALLY GUARDED ENTRANCE POINT.
INSTEAD, THEY CONTINUED TO MARCH AROUND THE CAPITOL THE PROUD BOYS RETURNED TO
THE PEACE CIRCLE AT 12:50 P.M. MINUTES BEFORE THE CERTIFICATION PROCEEDING WAS
SCHEDULED TO START. CONSISTENT WITH THEIR DISCUSSIONS IN PRIVATE ENCRYPTED
MESSAGES THEY RILED UP THE SMALL CROWD GUARDED NEAR GATHERED NEAR THE U.S.
CAPITOL, NORMIES AS THEY CALLED THEM, AND USED THEM AS FORCE MULTIPLIERS TO
OVERPOWER THE HOPELESSLY OUTNUMBERED OFFICERS GUARDING THE CAPITAL AND THE
PEOPLE WHO WORKED THERE. DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK, A MEMBER OF THE PROUD BOYS
LEADERSHIP, JOE BIGGS, BRAZENLY EXPLAINED THE PLAN ON A PODCAST BRAGGING THAT
WHEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE A BUILDING DRAMATICALLY OUTNUMBER THE
PEOPLE PROTECTING IT THE BUILDING WILL BE TAKEN. LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUND THIS
RECORDING IN A FILE ENTITLED "CIVIL WAR" ON A DEVICE BELONGING TO MR. BIGGS. ...

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IF THERE IS THREE OR YOU OR FOUR OF YOU AND YOU ARE OUTNUMBERED ONE, ARE YOU
GOING TO SIT THERE? YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR ASS BEATS. THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN
DO ABOUT THEM. ...

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THE STRAIGHTFORWARD PLAN WAS MADE ALL THE MORE LIKELY TO SUCCEED BY TWO EVENTS
THAT OCCURRED AROUND THE TIME THAT THE PROD WAS WALKED BACK TOWARD THE P CIRCLE.
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE FOUND OUTSIDE THE DNC'S AND RNC'S HEADQUARTERS. AND THERE
WERE WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE FALSE REPORTS OF AN EXPLOSION AT THE CAPITOL SOUTH
METRO STATION. CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THESE OTHER LOCATIONS
FURTHER DEPLETING THE ALREADY TOO FEW OFFICERS OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL. MOMENTS
BEFORE THEY ARRIVED AT THE CIRCLE, THIS IS WHAT THE CROWD JUST OUTSIDE THE
RESTRICTED AREA LOOKED LIKE. ...

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THIS WAS NEAR MINUTES BEFORE THE CERTIFICATION WAS SCHEDULED TO START. THESE
PEOPLE WERE JUST MILLING ABOUT AND NOT MAKING ANY EFFORT TO ILLEGALLY ENTER THE
RESTRICTED AREA BEFORE THE PROUD BOYS HARNESS THE ANGER THAT WAS SWIRLING AROUND
THE CROWD AND AMASSED OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL. WITHIN MOMENTS OF ARRIVING AT THE
CIRCLE, THE PROUD BOYS WERE ABLE TO AMPLIFY AND CHANNEL THAT RAGE. ...

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DESPITE BEING NEWLY FORMED AND RELATIVELY FEW IN NUMBER, THE MOB QUICKLY AND
BRUTALLY OVERWHELMED THE DOZEN OR SO OFFICERS GUARDING THE FIRST FENCE LINE.

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THE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS WAS GAMBLING -- WAS GAVELING. INTO ORDER AROUND
THE TIME OF THIS BREACH. AFTER OVERPOWERING THIS LINE, THE MOB WAS ABLE TO
QUICKLY SURGE PAST THE UNGUARDED SECOND FENCE LINE ON THE PENNSYLVANIA WALKWAY
BEFORE THE OFFICERS COULD RALLY TO ITS PROTECTION. WHEN OFFICERS REGROUPED AND
FORMED A NEW POLICE LINE, CLOSER TO THE CAPITOL, LEADERS OF THE PROUD BOYS TORE
DOWN A METAL FENCE AND UNLEASHED THE CROWD TO ADVANCE FURTHER TOWARDS THE
CAPITOL. ...

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WITH THESE BARRIERS BREACHED ON THE WEST LAWN, THE MOB WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS
TO THE BASE OF THE CAPITOL, WHERE A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE HAD BEEN BUILT TO HOST
THE INAUGURATION THAT WAS SET TO TAKE PLACE IN JUST TWO WEEKS' TIME. THE MOB
BEGAN ASSAULTING THE OFFICERS. DESPERATELY TRYING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE
PLAZA. THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE INTRODUCED AT TRIALS INCLUDES THE RADIO
TRANSMISSIONS OF THE OFFICERS PROTECTING THE CAPITOL. AS AN OFFICER SAW THE
ASSAULTS, HE FRANTICALLY CALLED FOR NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TO TRY TO STOP THE
ASSAULT OF HIM AND HIS FELLOW OFFICERS. ...

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I NEED A TEAM AND POSITION -- IN POSITION ABOVE ME.

00:17:16

WITH THE CLEAR PATH OPENED BY THE PROUD BOYS TO THIS AREA, A SEA OF HUMANITY WAS
ABLE TO AMASS AT THE PLACE WHERE THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER WAS SET TO
OCCUR. JANUARY 6TH, 2021 WAS A COLD AND WINDY DAY, AS SO MANY JANUARY DAYS ARE
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE FLAGS MEMBERS OF THE MOB CARRIED BLEW IN THE
WIND. THE SCENE LOOKED LIKE A MEDIEVAL ADVANCING HORDE MARCHING UNDER BANNER.
HERE, THE MOB'S PROGRESS WAS BRIEFLY STALLED. THE POLICE WHO HAD FALLEN BACK
WERE ABLE TO REGROUP AND REINFORCEMENTS FROM THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARRIVED. DESPITE BEING VASTLY OUTNUMBERED, THEY STOPPED THE MOB'S ADVANCE. THIS
STALEMATE CONTINUED FOR ROUGHLY AN HOUR. AS THE MOB CONTINUED TO BALLOON IN
SIZE, WITH MANY FROM THE NOW COMPLETED RALLY AT THE ELLIPSE JOINING THE FRAY.
THE PROUD BOYS, THOUGH, ENSURED THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT'S SUCCESS WAS
SHORT-LIVED. AFTER SEVERAL OF ITS LEADERS HAD REGROUPED AWAY FROM THE POLICE
LINE, KEY LEADERS OF THE PROUD BOYS AGAIN MOVED FORWARD AND REASSEMBLED AT THE
BASE OF A CONCRETE SET OF STAIRS THAT WAS GUARDED BY GROUPS OF OFFICERS, VASTLY
OUTNUMBERED BY THE CROWD. A PROUD BOYS MEMBER AT THE FRONT INITIATED THE PUSH
AND OTHER PROUD BOYS AND MEMBERS OF THE CROWD SURGED FORWARD BEHIND THEM AS THE
MOB ADVANCED UP THE STAIRS TOWARD THE WINDOW AND DOORS THAT PROVIDED ACCESS TO
THE CAPITOL BUILDING ITSELF. ...

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AS IS EVIDENCED BY THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE MOB WHO FLASHED THE PROUD BOY
HANDS SIGN WHEN THIS BREACH OCCURRED, THIS BREACH WAS A PROUD BOY OPERATION
THROUGH AND THROUGH. ...

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I WOULD NOTE THAT THE EVIDENCE I'M SHARING TODAY IS AMONG THE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT
OF EVIDENCE ADMITTED IN COURTS AGAINST INDIVIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH THE PROUD
BOYS WHO WERE CHARGED WITH CRIMES RELATED TO JANUARY 6, 2021. TO DATE, DOZENS OF
THESE PROUD BOYS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED, INCLUDING TARIO BIGGS AND TWO OTHERS WHO
WERE CONVICTED OF A HOST OF CHARGES, INCLUDING SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY. LET'S PAUSE
FOR A MOMENT AND TALK ABOUT THE WEAPONS THAT THE CROWD POSSESSED AND THE WEAPONS
THAT THEY USED ON JANUARY 6TH, 2021. WE WILL NEVER KNOW ALL THE WEAPONS THAT
WERE ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS THAT DAY -- BECAUSE VERY FEW IN THE MOB WERE
ACTUALLY ARRESTED ON JANUARY 6. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DEFEND
THE CAPITOL AND THE PEOPLE IN IT LET ALONE TO ARRESTED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO
WOULD LEGALLY -- WHO ILLEGALLY ENTERED THE CAPITOL GROUNDS. IN THOSE LIMITED
INCIDENTS WHERE THE POLICE DID BRIEFLY DETAIN SOMEONE THEY QUICKLY REALIZED THAT
THE SITUATION WAS SO DANGEROUS THAT THEY COULD NOT SAFELY PROCESS THE ARREST AND
OFTEN THEY HAD TO LET THE PERSON THEY DETAINED GO AND SOMETIMES THESE PEOPLE
REJOINED THE ADVANCING MOB. DESPITE THE FACT THAT ALMOST NONE OF THE MEMBERS OF
THE MOB WERE SEARCHED THAT DAY, WE HAVE A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION ESTABLISHED
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT SCORES OF THOSE PRESENT WERE ARMED. THE EVIDENCE
HAS ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING WEAPONS WERE PRESENT AT THE CAPITOL ON THE
GROUNDS. FIREARMS, OC SPRAY, TASERS, EDGED WEAPONS, INCLUDING A SWORD, AXES,
HATCHETS, AND KNIVES. MAKESHIFT WEAPONS INCLUDE A DESTROYED OFFICE FURNITURE,
BASEBALL BATS, HOCKEY STICK, FLAG POLES, AND KNUCKLE GLOVES. AND FINALLY, POLICE
EQUIPMENT SOME OF WHICH THEY STOLE FROM OFFICERS AND OTHERS THEY BROUGHT WITH
THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THEMSELVES. WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE FIREARMS, MEMBERS OF THE MOB USED OR BRANDISHED EACH OF THESE KINDS OF
WEAPONS THAT DAY. MAYBE NONE MORE SO THAN THE OC SPRAY. COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
PEPPER SPRAY. THESE ARE SPRAYS DESIGNED TO IRRITATE A PERSON'S EYES AND
BREATHING PASSAGE SO MUCH THAT IT DISABLES THEM. AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE MOB
EVEN USED MORE POWERFUL FORMULATIONS OF THE SPRAY THAT WAS INTENDED FOR USE
AGAINST BEARS. I MENTIONED THAT JANUARY 6 WAS WENDY. -- WAS WINDY. THESE WINDS
SHIFTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AS THE MOB SPRAYED OFFICERS WITH CHEMICALS AND THE
OFFICERS DEPLOYED PEPPER SPRAY TO TRY TO STOP THE MOB'S VIOLENCE, THE VOLUME OF
SPRAY IN THE AIR AND THE SHIFTING WINDS ENSURED THAT MOST OFFICERS WHO SPENT
TIME ON THE FRONT LINE WERE EXPOSED TO THIS TERRIBLE SPRAY. RETURNING TO THE MOB
SIEGE OF THE CAPITOL, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE MOB ALSO BREACHED THE
PERIMETER ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CAPITOL. WITH THIS BREACH THE MOB BEGAN
ENCIRCLING THE OFFICERS PROTECTING THE CAPITOL. WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ILLEGALLY MASSED ON CAPITAL --CAPITOL GROUNDS, THE BUILDING WOULD SOON FALL. A
GROUP ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CAPITAL INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE THE PROUD BOYS
CHARGED OFFICERS CREATING A HOLE IN THE POLICE LINE GUARDING THE STAIRCASE TO
THE UPPER WEST TERRACE WHICH LEADS TO THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CAPITOL. ...

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ONCE THERE, THE MOB MADE ITS WAY TO A DOOR NEAR THE SENATE CHAMBER. A MEMBER OF
THE PROUD BOYS ONCE AGAIN PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE -- PROUD BOY DOMINIC BIZA HAD
STOLEN A RIOT SHIELD FROM A CAPITAL POLICE OFFER -- CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER HE
HAD ASSAULTED EARLIER THAT J. HE ADVANCED UP THE STAIRS WITH THE SHIELD AND USED
THE SHIELD TO BREAK A WINDOW NEAR THE SENATE DOOR AT 2:13 P.M. ...

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MEMBERS OF THE MOB CLIMBED THROUGH THE SHATTERED WINDOW PANES, OPENED THE DOOR
AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MOB FLOODED AND -- FLOODED IN. HE CELEBRATED WITH A
SELFIE STYLE VIDEO RECORDED FROM INSIDE THE CAPITOL WITH WHAT HE CALLED A
VICTORY SMOKE. ...

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VICTORY SMOKE IN THE CAPITOL, BOYS. THIS IS AWESOME. I KNEW WE COULD TAKE THIS.

00:25:39

THIS BREACH BY THE MOB THE FIRST OF MANY ON THAT DAY WAS THE FIRST TIME SINCE
THE WAR OF 1812 THAT AN INVADING FORCE HAD DEFIED THE UNITED STATES AND BROKEN
INTO ITS CAPITOL. ...

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OK. THE CAPITOL IS IN BREACH.

00:26:04

BY THE TIME THIS WAS A BREACH OCCURRED, THE SENATE AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES HAD
ENDED THEIR JOINT SESSION AND WERE EACH IN SESSION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CHAMBERS.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BREACH OCCURRED, THE SENATE SUSPENDED ITS
PROCEEDINGS AND THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS QUICKLY EVACUATED FROM THE SENATE. THE
ADVANCING MOB CAME IN WITH -- CAME WITHIN FEET OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AS HE
EVACUATED. AND THE HEROIC EFFORTS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PREVENTED A FURTHER
CATASTROPHE. THE HOUSE CONTINUED IN SESSION UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2:30 -- AS I
WILL EXPLAIN SHORTLY, THE ADDITIONAL TIME THE HOUSE REMAINED IN SESSION WOULD
PROVE CRITICAL TO THE DAYS EVENTS -- THE DAY'S EVENTS. THE BREACH OF THE SENATE
WING DOOR WAS NOT THE ONLY TIME THE CAPITOL WAS BREACHED THAT DAY. EIGHT OTHER
LOCATIONS WERE BREACHED. WE WILL PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF JUST THREE OF THESE
BREACHES. THE EAST PORTICO WINDOW. ...

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THE UPPER HOUSE DOOR. AND THE NORTH DOOR.

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THE MOST NOTORIOUS OF THE OTHER BREACHES IS THE BREACH OF THE EAST ROTUNDA. IT
BEGAN AT AROUND 2 P.M. WHEN RIOTERS HAVING RECEIVED NEWS OF THE MOB'S ATTACK ON
THE WEST FRONT BROKE THROUGH THE BARRICADES AND PUSHED THE LINE OF POLICE
OFFICERS UP THE STEPS AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO THE ROTUNDA DOORS WHERE THEY
SURROUNDED AND ATTACKED THE POLICE. ULTIMATELY BREACHING THE DOORS WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF RIOTERS ALREADY INSIDE THE BUILDING WHO OPENED THE DOORS,
EFFECTIVELY OUTFLANKING THE OFFICERS. AFTER A FIRST WAVE OF RIOTERS FLOODED IN,
THE POLICE MANAGED TO SHUT THE DOORS, ONLY TO HAVE THEM BREACHED FOR A SECOND
TIME. THE BREACHES OF THE ROTUNDA DOOR WERE NOTORIOUS NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE
NUMBER OF RIOTERS WHO WERE ABLE TO ENTER AS A RESULT, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS SCENES FROM JANUARY 6, 2021, A STACK OF
INDIVIDUALS MARCHING IN MILITARY FORMATION UP THE STAIRS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
CAPITOL BEFORE ENTERING THE ROTUNDA DOORS. THEY WERE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION
CALLED THE OATHKEEPERS, THE OATHKEEPERS EXPLICITLY FOCUSED ON RECRUITING CURRENT
AND FORMER MILITARY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDER PERSONNEL TO THEIR
RANKS. THE ORGANIZATION'S NAME ALLUDES TO THE OATH SWORN BY MEMBERS OF THE
MILITARY AND POLICE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION FROM ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC. ON THEIR WEBSITE, THE OATHKEEPERS DECARE THAT THEY WILL NOT OBEY
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDERS. THEIR LEADER, STUART RHODES, WAS THE ARBITER OF WHAT
WAS AND WAS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL AND HE AND HIS FOLLOWERS HAD FIRMLY ADOPTED THE
FALSE CLAIM THAT IT WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN TO BE
SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT. IN THE MONTHS BETWEEN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND
JANUARY 6, 2021 RHODES AND OTHER OATHKEEPERS BEGAN PLANNING TO STOP THE LAWFUL
TRANSITION OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER. THE MESSAGES BECAME MORE DIRE AS JANUARY 6
APPROACHED. IN LATE DECEMBER HE STATED THAT IF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN WERE
ABLE TO ASSUME THE PRESIDENCY, WE WILL "HAVE TO DO A BLOODY -- MASSIVELY BLOODY
RESOLUTION AGAINST THEM." HE URGED PRESIDENT TRUMP TO USE MILITARY FORCE TO STOP
THE WAFFLE TRANSFER OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER DESCRIBING JANUARY 6 AS "A
CONSTITUTIONAL DEADLINE" TO DO SO. IN REFERENCE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDING
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO OCCUR ON JANUARY 6, HE WROTE "I THINK CONGRESS WILL SCREW
HIM," IN REFERENCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE ONLY CHANCE WE HAVE IS IF WE CONVINCE
HIM THAT IT WILL BE TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS TIME IF THEY DON'T DO THE RIGHT
THING. BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WILL LISTEN. RHODES OMINOUSLY WARNED THAT IF
CONGRESS AND TRUMP FAILED TO ACT, THEN WE WILL. HE ORGANIZED A FORCE THAT COULD
DO JUST THAT. ARRANGING FOR ROUGHLY TWO DOZEN OATHKEEPERS TO BE IN DC IN THE
AREA ON JANUARY 6TH 2021 AND FOR STOCK PILED WEAPONS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE AREA
AS WELL. A WITNESS WHO SAW THIS ARSENAL OF WEAPONS TESTIFIED AT RHODES' TRIAL
THAT "HE HAD NOT SEEN THAT MANY WEAPONS IN ONE LOCATION SINCE HE WAS IN THE
MILITARY." MOST OF HIS FORCES DEPLOYED ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 6 TWO D.C. --
TO D.C. A SMALL NUMBER REMAINED AT A HOTEL IN VIRGINIA WITH THE ARSENAL FIREARMS
THE GROUP ROUTE WAITING FROM THE ORDER FROM THEIR LEADER ROADS TO BRING THE ARMS
OF THE DISTRICT. ULTIMATELY THE OATHKEEPERS DID NOT NEED FIREARMS TO REACH THE
-- BREACHED THE CAPITOL. AS RHODES WATCHED THE CATS UNFOLD ON THE GROUNDS AND
SAW THE MOM ADVANCING, HE WROTE TO HIS FOLLOWERS, THE FOUNDING GENERATION
STORMED THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN MASSACHUSETTS AND TARRED AND FEATHERED HIS TAX
COLLECTORS. AND THEY SEIZED AND DUMPED TEA IN WATER THEY DIDN'T FIRE ON THEM BUT
THEY STREET FIVE. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW. NEXT COMES OUR LEXINGTON. IT'S
COMING. RHODES RALLIED HIS FOLLOWERS TO THE CAPITOL GROUNDS AS THE BUILDINGS ARE
TO BE BREACHED. THE FIRST OF HIS FOLLOWERS TO ARRIVE FORMED THE STACK AND
MARCHED ON THE STILL CLOSED EAST ROTUNDA DOORS. SHORTLY AFTER THE STACK MADE IT
TO THE DOOR, IT WAS BREACHED. OTHER OATHKEEPERS MADE IT TO THE CAPITOL TO JOIN
THE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO UNLAWFULLY ENTERED THE UNPROTECTED BUILDING. ONE OF
HIS FELLOW OATHKEEPERS OBSERVED HOW TERRIFIED THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INSIDE THE
BUILDING MUST BE. RHODES' RESPONSE? LATIN FOR THUS ALWAYS WITH TYRANTS. THE
WORDS JOHN WELLS BOOTH SET AFTER HE ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT LINCOLN AS HE JUMPED
OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL BOX. INDEED HE ADMITTED WHEN HE WAS CROSS-EXAMINED AT
TRIAL THAT HE INTENDED TO USE FORCE TO OPPOSE A GOVERNMENT IF PRESIDENT-ELECT
BIDEN WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF CONSPIRACIES THAT MADE THE
SPARK AND THE CROWN ON JANUARY 6, 2021 SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE. AGAIN, THE EVIDENCE
I AM SHARING TODAY IS AMONG THE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE ADMITTED IN
COURTS AGAINST INDIVIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH THE OATHKEEPERS, WHO WERE CHARGED
WITH CRIMES RELATED TO JANUARY 6, 2021. TO DATE, OVER 20 OATHKEEPERS HAVE BEEN
CONVICTED, INCLUDING RHODES. WHO WAS CONVICTED OF A HOST OF CHARGES. INCLUDING
SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY. BEFORE RETURNING TO THE EVENTS OF THE DAY AND WHAT
HAPPENED INSIDE OF THE BUILDING -- AN IMPORTANT NOTE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
PROSECUTIONS ABOUT THOSE WHO REMAINED OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. WE HAVE USED OUR
PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION TO PRIMARILY FOCUS ON THOSE WHO ENTERED THE BUILDING,
ENGAGED IN VIOLENT OR CORRUPT CONDUCT ON CAPITOL GROUNDS. BUT IF A PERSON
NORMALLY ENTERITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, THEY HAD ALREADY COMMITTED A FEDERAL CRIME.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OCCUPIED AN AREA THAT THEY WERE NOT
AUTHORIZED TO BE PRESENT IN IN THE FIRST PLACE. ONCE THE MOB WAS INSIDE THE
BUILDING, IT FLOWED TO BOTH THE SENATE WING OF THE BUILDING AND THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES' WING OF THE BUILDING. SOME USED STAIRCASES IN THE SENATE WING
TO GET ACCESS TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING WHICH IS WHERE THE MAIN
ENTRANCE OF THE SENATE IS LOCATED. WHILE THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN
QUICKLY EVACUATED SHORTLY AFTER THE INITIAL BREACH, THE EVACUATION OF THE
SENATORS MOVED AT A SLIGHTLY SLOWER PACE AND THE MOB WAS MOVING QUICKLY ENOUGH
THROUGH THE SENATE WING THAT IT COULD'VE COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH SENATORS WHO
WERE FLEEING THE SENATE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY, OFFICER EUGENE GOODMAN STOOD BETWEEN
THE TIP OF THE MOB AND THE EVACUATING SENATORS. HIS WELL-DOCUMENTED ACTIONS THAT
DAY WERE CRITICAL IN PROVIDING ENOUGH TIME FOR THE SENATE TO BE COMPLETELY
EVACUATED. ...

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THE SENATORS WERE SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS BEFORE THE MOB COULD
TRAP THEM. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MOB THOUGH WENT TO THE STAIRS FOUND IN A ROOM IN
THE CENTER OF THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING CALLED THE CRYPT. ...

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AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MOB WAS ABLE TO MAKE QUICK WORK OF THE FEW OFFICERS TRYING
TO FORM A LINE PROTECTING THE CRYPT. FROM THE STAIRS IN THE CRYPT, THE CROWD
REACHED THE CENTERPIECE OF THE CAPITOL, THE ICONIC ROTUNDA, THERE, THOSE WHO
ENTERED FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING ULTIMATELY JOINED WITH THOSE WHO
ENTERED FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THE FEW OFFICERS WHO WERE IN THE
ROTUNDA HAD NO CHANCE AT CONTROLLING THE MOB THAT HAD DESCENDED ON THEM. SOME
MEMBERS OF THE MOB WHO PASSED THROUGH THE ROTUNDA HEADED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE
SENATE. JOINING THE MEMBERS OF THE MOB WHO HAD CLIMBED THE STAIRS THAT WERE
CLOSER TO THE SENATE WING DOOR. THE EVACUATION OF THE SENATE LEFT THE SENATE
FLOOR UNGUARDED. LIKE AN INVADING ARMY, MEMBERS OF THE MOB STREAMED INTO THE
HOME OF WHAT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE WORLD'S GREATEST DELIBERATIVE BODY AND
TOOK CONTROL, RIFLING THROUGH THE PAPERS OF SENATORS, DISRESPECTING THE DESKS
WHERE FORMER PRESIDENTS AND OTHER LIONS OF OUR NATION SAT WHEN THEY SERVED IN
THE SENATE, AND TAKING CONTROL OF THE SENATE DAIS WHERE THE VICE PRESIDENT HAD
EARLIER THEN PRESIDING. EVENTS WERE EVEN GRAVER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
BEFORE TURNING TO THOSE EVENTS, A WORD ABOUT THE VENOM THAT WAS IN THE AIR THAT
DAY. NUMEROUS MEMBERS OF THE MOB HAD CRIED OUT FOR LAWMAKERS TO BE TURNED OVER
TO THEM, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY OR AFFILIATION. THEIR COLLECTIVE CRIES
SOUNDING LIKE THOSE OF A LYNCH MOB SEEKING TO IMPART THEIR OWN PERVERTED VISION
OF JUSTICE. THE TWO LAWMAKERS WHOSE NAMES WERE SHOUTED THE MOST WERE THE THEN
VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE PENCE, AND THE THEN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY PELOSI. ...

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I SAY WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME AGO. [INDISCERNIBLE] PELOSI,
ALL THOSE PEOPLE. [INDISCERNIBLE] FUCK ALL THESE PEOPLE. [INDISCERNIBLE]

00:39:34

WE ARE GOING TO DRAG YOU THROUGH THE STREETS. KILLED IN THE STREETS. . WE ARE
NOT GOING TO HAVE THE ELECTION AND OUR COUNTRY STOLEN. IF WE FIND OUT -- WE ARE
GOING TO DRAG YOUR ASS THROUGH THE STREETS. [INDISCERNIBLE] ...

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FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1817, THAT CAPITOL WAS STORMED AND TAKEN, THEY HAD TO
RUN CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS OUT OF THE BUILDING WITH BLACK BAGS OVER THEIR
HEADS. BLACK BAGS. WHY BLACK BAGS? BECAUSE THE CROWD IS SO IRATE, WE PROBABLY
WOULD HAVE MURDERED THEM. ...

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FORTUNATELY, WE WILL NEVER KNOW IF THIS MEMBER OF THE MOB IS CORRECT ABOUT WHAT
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, HAD THE MOB INSIDE THE CAPITOL CAPTURED A LAWMAKER. BUT
SCENES LIKE THE ONES WE JUST SAW STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BELIEF. A SUBSTANTIAL
PORTION OF THE MOB MARCHED ON THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THEY ENCOUNTERED A
LINE OF OFFICERS IN A HALLWAY LEADING TOWARD THE CHAMBER. LED BY A RIOTER
WIELDING A FLAG POLE AS A WEAPON, THEY SEARCHED -- SURGED FORWARD, PUSHED THE
OFFICERS BACK INTO A NARROW PASSAGE LEADING TO THE HOUSE CHAMBER DOORS AND THE
OFFICERS EVENTUALLY HAD TO ESCAPE FROM THE DOOR. ...

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DUDE, DUDE, DUDE, DUDE, YOU'RE NOT HELPING. YOU'RE NOT HELPING.

00:41:49

IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT. THEY DON'T LISTEN -- [INDISCERNIBLE]

00:42:03

OFFICERS INSIDE THE CHAMBER BARRICADED THE DOOR, AND ALONG WITH A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS, STOOD GUARD, CONFRONTING THE MOB JUST ON THE OTHER. THE DOOR WAS SO
SECURE, THAT THE MOB COULD NOT BREACH IT. APPARENTLY FRUSTRATED BY THEIR
INABILITY TO GAIN ACCESS, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE MOB BROKE OFF AND LOOKED FOR AN
ALTERNATIVE ENTRANCE. THEY FOUND ONE. THE SPEAKERS ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES. THEY FOUND THAT THE HALLWAY DOORS LEADING TO THIS ENTRANCE WERE
ALSO LIGHTLY GUARDED WITH JUST A FEW OFFICERS STANDING WATCH. JUST TO RECAP, ALL
THE MOB HAD COLLECTIVELY DONE TO GET TO THIS POINT ON CAPITOL GROUNDS, THEY HAD
BROKEN NO FEWER THAN A DOZEN FENCE LINES OR LINES OF OFFICERS MEANT TO PREVENT
ILLEGAL ACCESS, TAKING CONTROL OF THE GROUNDS AROUND THE CAPITOL, THEY BUY FORCE
BROKE TO NO FEWER THAN NINE ENTRY POINTS, THEY HAD BROKEN LINES IN THE CRYPT,
THE ROTUNDA, AND ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE BUILDING AND TEMPORARILY WRESTED CONTROL
OVER MOST OF THE BUILDING FROM THE UNITED STATES -- ARRESTED CONTROL OVER MOST
OF THE BUILDING FROM THE UNITED STATES. THE SITUATION ESCALATED QUICKLY AS THE
EVER GROWING MOB WATCHED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS EVACUATE THE CHAMBER AND DEMANDED
THAT THE OFFICE STEP ASIDE. ONE PARTICULARLY VIOLENT MEMBER OF THE MOB BASHED
THE WINDOWS OF THE SWINGING DOOR WITH HIS FISTS. ...

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THIS WAS A SCENE AROUND THIS TIME INSIDE THE HOUSE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES.

00:43:59

THE HOUSE CHAMBER. THE GALLERY. 12 TO 15 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

00:44:11

EVENTUALLY, THE OFFICERS GUARDING THE GLASS DOOR THAT WE JUST SAW HAD TO GIVE
WAY. HAVING TAKEN CONTROL OF THE HALLWAY, MEMBERS OF THE MOB EFFECTIVELY HAD THE
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SURROUNDED CONTROLLING DOORS TO THE
CHAMBER'S TWO MAJOR EXITS. ALL THAT STOOD BETWEEN THESE MEMBERS AND THE TIP OF A
VIOLENT MOB THAT HAD FOUGHT AND INTIMIDATED ITS WAY TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WAS A WOODFRAME GLASS DOOR, A STACK OF FURNITURE, AND ROUGHLY A
DOZEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. IN SHORT, THE VIOLENT MOB HAD MADE IT TO THESE
MEMBERS' LAST LINE OF DEFENSE. ...

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THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

00:44:57

LET'S GO!

00:45:10

AS A MEMBER OF THE MOB BEGAN CLIMBING THROUGH THE BROKEN GLASS OF ONE OF THE
DOORS, AN OFFICER PROTECTING THESE MEMBERS POINTED A GUN AT THE PERSON AND
FIRED. AS THE SOUND OF A GUNSHOT REVERBERATED AROUND THE CAPITOL, THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO HEARD IT REPORTED IT. UPON HEARING THESE REPORTS OF
GUNFIRE, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROTECTING TRAPPED ELECTED OFFICIALS
INSTRUCTED THEM TO TAKE THEIR P INS -- PINS IDENTIFYING THEM AS MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS OFF SO THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR THE MOB TO IDENTIFY THEM. ...

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TAKE YOUR PINS OFF.

00:46:11

TAKE YOUR PINS OFF.

00:46:15

PINS OFF.

00:46:17

THE MOB DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR. WHILE IT DID NOT CLAIM CONTROL OF
THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE CAPITOL, THEY DID NOT EASILY GIVE UP CONTROL OF
THE PORTIONS OF THE CAPITOL IT CAPTURED AND RIOTERS CONTINUE TO TRY TO OVERPOWER
POLICE LINES THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND ADVANCE FURTHER. AS LAW ENFORCEMENT
REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVED, THEY HAD TO PAINSTAKINGLY REMOVE ON A ROOM BASIS THE
NUMEROUS MEMBERS OF THE MOB WHO REMAINS AND THEY DID NOT ALL GO QUIETLY. THIS
WAS A PROCESS THAT TOOK HOURS, AND WHILE THESE HOURS UNFOLDED, NUMEROUS
CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PRESS REMAINED HIDDEN IN ROOMS AND
OFFICES IN WHICH THEY HAD LOCKED THEMSELVES FOR PROTECTION. NOT KNOWING TO BRING
THEIR WEIGHTS -- THEIR WAITS, WHICH MUST HAVE FELT LIKE THEY LASTED ETERNITIES,
WHETHER A MEMBER OF THE MOB WOULD FIND THEM AND HARM THEM. THERE WAS ONE PART OF
THE CAPITOL THAT THE MOB NOTABLY FAILED TO BREACH, AN AREA THAT WAS DUBBED THE
LOWER WEST TUNNEL. IF YOU HAVE WATCHED A PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION, YOU WILL
IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE THIS PART OF THE CAPITOL AND THE INAUGURATION STAGE. THIS
IS WHAT THE AREA LOOKS LIKE ON A TYPICAL INAUGURATION DAY BY TRADITION, THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GATHER IN THE CRYPT OF THE
CAPITOL AND THEN WALKED DOWN A SET OF STAIRS TO THE TEMPORARY INAUGURATION
STAGE. IT IS LITERALLY THE PATH ONE WALKS TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER.
THIS IS WHAT THE PATH LOOKED LIKE ON JANUARY 6, 2021. AS THE MOB BEGAN SURGING
TO THE DOOR LEADING UP TO THE CRYPT, ONE OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
REINFORCEMENT UNITS PREPARED TO DEFEND THE TUNNEL. IT WAS AN ELITE UNIT THAT HAD
EXPERIENCED WITH CIVIL DISORDER. THE BATTLE COMMAND FROM THEIR -- THE BATTLE CRY
FROM THEIR COMMANDER WAS QUITE CLEAR. ...

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HE'S GOT A WEAPON IN HIS HANDS, OK?

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WE ARE NOT LOSING THE CAPITOL TODAY. SOME OF THE BLOODIEST FIGHTING OF THE DAY
OCCURRED IN THIS TUNNEL. AN OFFICER WAS CRUSHED IN A DOOR WITHIN THE HALLWAY,
NUMEROUS MEMBERS OF THE MOB USED SPRAY AGAINST THE OFFICERS. THE MOB THROUGH
MAKESHIFT WEAPONS AT THE OFFICERS. OTHERS HAD OFFICERS WITH WEAPONS THAT THEY
CARRIED. AND ONE MEMBER OF THE MOB EVEN SET OFF A FIREWORK. TRAGICALLY, A MEMBER
OF THE MOB DIED AS THE MOB TRIED TO PRESS ITS WAY INTO THE TUNNEL. AN OFFICER
WAS DRAGGED OUT INTO THE CROWD AND BEATEN. NOTABLY, HE WAS ONE OF AT LEAST SIX
OFFICERS WHO WERE DRUGG INTO -- DRUG INTO THE CROWD AND BEATEN OVER THE COURSE
OF THE DAY'S EVENTS. THE TUNNEL, THE PATHWAY TO THE PEACEFUL TRANS TRANSITION OF
POWER, HELD THAT DAY. IT WAS NOT REACHED. MANY OF THE WRITERS WERE PROUD TO
DISCUSS THE CRIMES THEY COMMITTED ON JANUARY 6, 2021. AFTER TAKING PART IN THE
SIEGE OF THE CAPITOL, THEY SHARED MESSAGES WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND ON SOCIAL
MEDIA BRAGGING ABOUT HOW THEY STORMED THE CAPITOL AND FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE
SENATE AND THE HOUSE AND MUSCLED THE COPS BACK LIKE SPARTANS. STEWART RHODES,
THE LEADER OF THE OATH KEEPERS, OMINOUSLY WARNED "PATRIOTS ENTERING THEIR OWN
CAPITOL TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE TRADERS IS NOTHING PREPARED TO WHAT'S COMING."
A FEW DAYS LATER, HE ADDED, "IF HE IS -- IN REFERENCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP -- NOT
GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, HE IS JUST GOING TO LET HIMSELF BE REMOVED
ILLEGALLY, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT RIFLES ON JANUARY 6, WE COULD HAVE FIXED
IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE, I'D HANG PELOSI FROM THE LAMPPOST." INDEED, IN A NUMBER
OF CASES, WE HAVE TRIED -- CASES WE HAVE TRIED, SOME OF THE MOST DAMMING
EVIDENCE HAS BEEN THE DEFENDANT'S OWN WORDS DURING, BEFORE AND AFTER THE EVENTS
OF JANUARY 6, 2021. THE ADMISSIONS AFTER THE FACT ARE PERHAPS THE MOST JARRING.
HAVING HAD TIME TO REFLECT ON THEIR CRIMES THAT STRUCK AT OUR VERY DEMOCRACY,
THE DEFENDANTS EXPRESSED PRIDE, NOT REMORSE. THE ATTACK IS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE
HAVE EVER SEEN. THE CAPITOL WAS TAKEN BY FORCE AND THE GOVERNMENT COULD NOT
CONDUCT BUSINESS THAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION TO CONDUCT. MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF WERE FORCED TO FLEE AND THOSE WHO COULD NOT FLEE HAD TO
HIDE. OFFICERS WERE ASSAULTED ON A SCALE WE HAD NEVER SEEN. AND MANY OF THOSE
OFFICERS CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM THE INJURIES THEY SUSTAINED THAT DAY. THERE WAS
A RANGE OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT AMONG THOSE WHO WERE IN THE MOB. AT A HIGH LEVEL
THOUGH MEMBERS OF THE MOB WHO KNOWINGLY TRESPASSED ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS CAN BE
DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES -- THOSE WHO USED VIOLENCE AND THOSE WHO RODE THE
COATTAILS OF OTHERS WHO USED VIOLENCE, USING THE EXCESS THEY WERE PROVIDED TO
COMMIT THEIR OWN CRIMES. AS WITH ALL CRIMINAL MATTERS, THOSE CHARGED WITH A
CRIME ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNLESS AND UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROVEN THEIR
GUILT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. THIS UNPROVOKED AND RELENTLESS ATTACK OVERALL
HAS BEEN PROVEN IN COURT AGAIN AND AGAIN, IN TRIAL AFTER TRIAL, WITH EVIDENCE
LIKE THE EVIDENCE I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU TODAY. THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALONG WITH MANY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
COLLEAGUES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN
WORKING TIRELESSLY TO BRING TO JUSTICE INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIEGE OF
THE CAPITOL. WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REVIEW THOUSANDS
UPON THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VIDEO AND AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF DIGITAL AND SOCIAL
MEDIA TO DETERMINE WHO COMMITTED THESE CRIMES AND THE APPROPRIATE CHARGES TO
BRING AGAINST EACH DEFENDANT CHARGED. THIS PROCESS IS ARDUOUS, PAINSTAKING AND
THOROUGH. IT IS ALSO DONE APPRECIATING THAT WHILE THE MISSION IS IMPORTANT,
PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF WITNESSES, VICTIMS AND DEFENDANTS IS PARAMOUNT. THE
DEPARTMENT'S WORK IS NOT TO WIN AT ALL COSTS, IT IS TO DO JUSTICE FOR ALL. THAT
IS WHY FOR EXAMPLE THIS PROSECUTION ALSO INCLUDES WHAT IS LIKELY THE MOST ROBUST
CRIMINAL DISCOVERY PROJECT IN THE DEPARTMENT'S HISTORY, SHOWCASING THE OFFICE'S
COMMITMENT TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRECEPTS OF FAIRNESS AND INTEGRITY. AND IT IS
OF COURSE WHY THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF PROVING GUILT
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT FOR EACH DEFENDANT CHARGED. NO DEFENDANT CAN OR WILL
BE CONVICTED BASED ON GENERAL EVIDENCE OF WHAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 6, 2021.
INSTEAD, THE GOVERNMENT MUST IDENTIFY EVIDENCE SPECIFIC TO THE INDIVIDUAL
CHARGED ESTABLISHING BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL COMMITTED
CRIMES ON JANUARY 6, 2021, EXACTLY AS THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE IN NEARLY 900
CASES TO DATE. THESE CONVICTIONS INCLUDE 149 PEOPLE CONVICTED OF ASSAULTING OR
RESISTING OR IMPEDING OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES AND 41 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE
CONVICTED OF USING A DEADLY OR DANGEROUS WEAPON OR CAUSING BODILY INJURY TO AN
OFFICER IN CONNECTION WITH THESE ASSAULTS. THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT
YET BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SIMILAR RESULTS. MANY CITIZENS FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY HAVE ALREADY COME FORWARD TO IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUALS CONNECTED WITH THE
JANUARY 6 ATTACKS, AS A RESULT OF THESE TIPS, SCORES OF INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED AND WILL SOON BE PROSECUTED FOR VIOLENT ACTS AT THE CAPITOL AND OTHER
VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW. THE PUBLIC'S HELP IS STILL NEEDED. MORE THAN 80
PEOPLE ARE STILL WANTED AND UNIDENTIFIED FOR ACTS OF VIOLENCE AT THE CAPITOL.
TODAY, WE WILL POST A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS MOST WANTED BY THE FBI FOR VIOLENCE AT
THE CAPITAL -- THE CAPITOL, CALLING FOR ANY HELP THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE IN
IDENTIFYING THEM INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING, THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, THAT IS
THE DEADLINE BY WHICH WE MUST BRING CHARGES, RUNS ON JANUARY 5, 2026 FOR THESE
AND THE OTHER YET TO BE CHARGED CRIMES THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 6, 2021. IN
TRIAL AFTER TRIAL, OFFICERS HAVE RECOUNTED IN CHILLING TESTIMONY THE FEROCITY OF
THE BATTLE TO HOLD THE CAPITOL AND THE FEAR THEY FELT THEY WOULD NEVER SEE THEIR
FAMILIES AGAIN. THE THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN THE CAPITAL EXPERIENCED
THE SAME TERROR. NOT JUST THE POLITICIANS BUT THE THOUSANDS OF SAFFERS JUST
TRYING TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY. THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVE DESCRIBED FLEEING FOR
THEIR LIVES AND COWERING IN HIDING SPACES TO AVOID THE FURY OF THE MOB. SOME
HAVE LEFT THEIR JOB OUT OF FEAR OF BEING ATTACKED AGAIN. THOSE INVOLVED IN THE
SIEGE OF THE CAPITOL DESCENDED UPON WASHINGTON, D.C. FROM NEARLY EVERY STATE IN
OUR UNION. IT CANNOT BE EMPHASIZED ENOUGH THAT HAD THEIR PLANS SUCCEEDED, OUR
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT GROUNDED IN DEMOCRATIC IDEALS AND THE RULE OF LAW, WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN PERIL. I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA AND HOW IT
LOOKED ON JANUARY 6, 20 TO ANYONE. -- JANUARY 6, 2021. IF YOU CAN TAKE YOUR EYES
OFF THE CHAOS OCCURRING ON THE FLOOR, YOU WILL NOTICE THE ROTUNDA IS LINED WITH
PORTRAITS AND THERE WAS A PORTRAIT THAT IS CUT OFF. IT IS A PORTRAIT OF GENERAL
WASHINGTON. WHO HAD JUST LED AN ARMY THAT WAS UNTIMELY LOYAL TO HIM RESIGNING
HIS MILITARY COMMISSION AND GIVING UP CONTROL OF THE MILITARY, NOT USING IT TO
INSTALL HIMSELF AS LEADER OF THE COUNTRY WHOSE INDEPENDENCE HE HAD JUST WON,
INSTEAD, HE SUBMITTED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, HE WAS TWICE ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF OUR NEW NATION, AFTER SERVING TWO TERMS AS PRESIDENT, HE VOLUNTARILY RELINK
WISHED ---- RELINQUISHED CONTROL AGAIN. EVEN THOUGH MANY OF HIS FELLOW AMERICANS
WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO HAVE HIM SERVE AS PRESIDENT FOR LIFE. A DE FACTO
MONARCH. THERE WAS NO PRECEDENT PRIOR TO THIS MOMENT FOR THE VOLUNTARY
RELINQUISHMENT OF SUCH POWER. AS HE HANDED OVER THE REIGNS TO HIS SUCCESSOR,
JOHN ADAMS, THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT BEGAN IN EARNEST. WE CANNOT REPLACE VOTES
AND DELIBERATION WITH VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION. OUR GREAT DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENT
REQUIRES NURTURING AND A SHARED SENSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING ITS
CONTINUED EXISTENCE THROUGH BOTH LAWS AND NORMS. WITHOUT A SHARED COMMITMENT TO
THE RULE OF LAW, OUR FUTURE REMAINS IN QUESTION. WE HAVE SEEN THAT SHARED
COMMITMENT THOUGH IN OUR PROSECUTIONS, WHERE COUNTLESS FELLOW CITIZENS HAVE
PRIORITIZE OUR COUNTRY OVER RELATIONSHIPS WITH COWORKERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
DOING THEIR PART TO HOLD THOSE WHO COMMITTED CRIMES ON JANUARY 6 ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THEIR CONDUCT. AND WE CONTINUE TO CALL UPON OUR FELLOW AMERICANS TO PROVIDE THE
INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
PROSECUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING TODAY. [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT
NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2024] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL
CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY.
VISIT NCICAP.ORG] ...

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