The report concludes with a set of 11 recommendations by the committee. This section describes recommended legislation, the need for accountability, the designation of the joint session of Congress as a National Special Security Event, and clarity on the authority of the House to enforce its subpoenas through civil litigation. The recommendations also suggest enhancing penalties for threats against election workers, exploring the role of the media in radicalizing consumers, and consideration...

After the House and Senate Members were evacuated, law enforcement officers cleared rioters out of the Capitol and off the grounds. Starting before 3:00 p.m., it took law enforcement approximately three hours to push rioters out of the Capitol building and off the East and West Plazas. This section details the timeline of events as the Capitol was cleared to allow for Congress to resume the counting of votes and the certification of the election. Share the ordered list of released chapters...

When rioters surrounded the perimeter of the Capitol, and reached the Senate and House Chambers, Members were forced to evacuate for safety. USCP officers responded to both Chambers and served as escorts. By the time the Capitol was breached, the Senate and House had split from the joint session and returned to their individual chambers. This section also provides the detail that members of Congress were in the midst of evacuating through the Speaker’s Lobby when a USCP officer fatally shot...

This section of the report describes the clashes between rioters at the Capitol and the officers on the scene. One of the most brutal attacks of the day occurred outside the West Plaza tunnel when rioters dragged MPD Officer Michael Fanone into the crowd, and then tased, beat, and stole his badge and radio. One of Fanone's attackers said he came to D.C. because the "commander in chief and the leader of our country" was calling for help and he thought he was "doing the right thing." Share the...

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. Share the ordered list of released chapters on...

Far-right extremists continued to lead the charge as protestors streamed onto the U.S. Capitol’s restricted grounds. This section describes the actions of Guy Reffitt, Daniel Scott, Ryan Kelley, Chris Worrell and others as the group closed in on the entrance to the Capitol. At 1:49 p.m., MPD declared a riot at the Capitol. By 2:00 p.m., the rioters were only feet away from the entrances. Share the ordered list of released chapters on YouTube: ...

This section of the report tracks the steps of Alex Jones after the left the VIP section at the Ellipse rally early to lead the march toward the Capitol. Caroline Wren, a Republican fundraiser who helped organize the Ellipse event, originally expected Jones, Roger Stone, and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn to march to the Capitol. The Select Committee’s review of the evidence showed that Jones simultaneously called on the crowd to “fight” and start a “revolution,” while occasionally peppering...

Within minutes of arriving at the Peace Circle, the Proud Boys and their associates launched the attack on the U.S. Capitol. At the conclusion of his speech at the Ellipse, President Trump directed rally attendees to march down Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol. Their shortest natural path would lead them right to the Peace Circle and to the northwest side of the Capitol grounds. As a result of the groups efforts to remove barriers, it helped to allow thousands of people to stream into...

While tens of thousands of President Trump’s supporters attended the rally at the Ellipse, the Proud Boys gathered at the Washington Monument. At 10:30 a.m., the Proud Boys started their march down the National Mall towards the U.S. Capitol. After arriving at the Capitol they walked around the grounds, taunted some of the Capitol Police officers, posed for photos with other delegation members and then ate lunch before going to the Peace Circle at 12:49 p.m. Share the ordered list of released...

On January 6th, tens of thousands of Americans from around the country gathered at the Ellipse and the Washington Monument. Nick Quested, a documentary filmmaker, captured the mood that morning as some Trump supporters claimed that January 6th would be the new 1776. Far-right extremists brought guns into Washington or the surrounding area. This section documents how there were many in the crowd who armed themselves with the intent of breaking into the Capitol. Share the ordered list of...

The January 6th attack has often been described as a riot. That is partly true. Some of those who trespassed on the Capitol’s grounds or entered the building did not plan to do so beforehand. But it is also true that extremists, conspiracy theorists and others were prepared to fight. That is an insurrection. They answered President Trump’s call to action. This chapter will provide a detailed timeline of events throughout the attack on the Capitol. Share the ordered list of released chapters...

Some of President Trump's supporters made the connection between his words and the violence on January 6th. This section lists some of the text messages from Ali Alexander, Hope Hicks, Brad Parscale and Patrick McDonnell that connected the day's rhetoric to the death of Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol. Share the ordered list of released chapters on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddJvawmuAKY7qgcWWNaku6eIyZrIaOwE These episodes are created based on the value-for-value model - if...

According to this section of the report, the Committee could not find any account where there President expressed grief or regret for what happened at the Capitol. Interviews from Johnny McEntee and Ivaka Trump are cited along with the absence of recorded phone calls to the Vice President or any members of leadership in the legislative branch. Share the ordered list of released chapters on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddJvawmuAKY7qgcWWNaku6eIyZrIaOwE These episodes are...

Even after President Trump finally told the rioters to go home, he and his lead attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, continued to seek to delay the joint session of Congress. This section details the calls President Trump made, the people he was speaking to, and the length of time of the conversations. Near the end of the day, the Campaign Communications Director drafted a statement for the President assuring the nation that the transfer of power would, indeed, take place. Share the ordered list of...

At 6:01 p.m., President Trump issued another tweet, the last of the day: "These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!" This section concludes with his comments to an employee following the day's events. Share the ordered list of released chapters on YouTube: ...

Previous tweets directed to the rioters at the Capitol were not enough. Conservative media personalities, Republican allies in Congress, and the President’s own family members, continued to pressure Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to get the President on camera for a statement telling people to leave the Capitol. Once the video was released, nearly three hours after the violence began, people at the Capitol took it as an order to head home. Share the ordered list of released chapters on YouTube:...

A barrage of text messages inundated the phone of President Trump's Chief of Staff with a consistent plea. Everyone from conservative media personalities to Republican allies in Congress, and even the President’s own family, urged the President to do more. The result of the efforts prompted another tweet, similar to a previous one, that asked everyone to remain peaceful and to respect law enforcement. Share the ordered list of released chapters on YouTube: ...

"Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!" This was a tweet issued by President Trump at 2:38 p.m. This chapter provides details surrounding the efforts by Ivanka Trump in urging the President to issue the post and how others in the White House felt that it did not go far enough to condemn the violence at the Capitol. Share the ordered list of released chapters on YouTube: ...

This chapter highlights a conversation between House Leader Kevin McCarthy and President Trump during the attack on the Capitol. “[These] aren’t my people, you know, these are—these are Antifa,” President Trump insisted. “They’re your people. They literally just came through my office windows, and my staff are running for cover. I mean, they’re running for their lives. You need to call them off,” Leader McCarthy told him. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican congresswoman from...

At 2:24 p.m., President Trump made his first public statement during the attack on the Capitol by tweet. It was viewed as an attack on Vice President Pence. A Secret Service agent in the Protective Intelligence Division, tasked with monitoring threats against protectees in part by scouring social media, told his colleagues the tweet was “probably not going to be good for Pence. Share the ordered list of released chapters on YouTube: ...

Throughout the afternoon, the President’s advisors tried to get him to tell the mob to leave the Capitol. This section describes the concerns of members of the White House staff who wanted the President to release a statement regarding the violence outside the Capitol. It also talks about the reaction of the White House counsel when he realized that rioters had entered the Capitol. Share the ordered list of released chapters on YouTube: ...

After returning to the White House following his speech at the Ellipse, President Trump walked through the corridor from the Oval Office into the Presidential Dining Room and sat down at the table with the television remote and a Diet Coke. For the rest of the afternoon—as his country faced an hours-long attack—he hunkered down in or around the dining room, watching television. Based on notes taken by the White House Press Secretary, President Trump continued to press the idea of physically...

The Committee received information informally from current and former members of the Secret Service and former White House staff from witnesses describing President Trump as “angry,” “irate,” or “furious” during an interaction in the Presidential vehicle between the President and the Secret Service. This section describes the evidence surrounding the President's intent to travel to the Capitol along with his supporters following his speech at the Ellipse. Even after arriving back at the White...

The President was told, according to testimony, that many members of the crowd gathered at the Ellipse were unwilling to pass through the magnetometers because they were armed. President Trump was furious because he wanted them to come in and help fill some of the empty seats. He also wanted to march with them to the Capitol. As this section explains, it would be complicated for the Secret Service to coordinate a presidential movement even on a normal day. But with tens of thousands of...