The Justice Department has released new footage from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol that shows a dramatic moment of rioters shouting through broken glass at two Republican lawmakers.
The video — obtained by CNN on Saturday, which marks three years since the Capitol riot — adds to the trove of footage and firsthand accounts of the violence that took place that day, even as some Republican lawmakers on Saturday continued to whitewash the insurrection.
In the newly released eight-minute clip, rioters stare down Republican Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas and Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma — who at that time was a member of the House — through cracks in the entrance to the House chamber as they face the guns pointed at them by two members of law enforcement.
“Put the guns down, we’re not gonna do anything”
Translates to: I’m talking calm to trick you into letting us in, the literal noose outside is just a joke I super promise.
Narrator: ‘They were, in fact, going to do some things.’
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Damn those are some tense words
