Storming of the US Capitol - Part 4: Response
Some more excerpted info from Wikipedia:
The order to send in the National Guard, which Trump initially resisted, was approved by Vice President Pence. This bypassing of the chain of command has not been explained.
It took more than three hours for police to retake control of the Capitol, using riot gear, shields, and batons. Capitol Police were assisted by the local D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. Smoke grenades were deployed on the Senate side of the Capitol by Capitol Police working to clear rioters from the building. FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents wearing riot gear entered the Dirksen Senate Office Building around 4:30 p.m.
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As police continued to try to push rioters away from the Capitol, protests continued, some moving out of the Capitol Hill area. Some verbal and physical attacks on reporters were reported, with attackers denigrating media outlets as providing "fake news".
By 6:08 p.m., police had arrested at least thirteen people and seized five firearms during the day's events. Although Mayor Bowser had ordered a 6:00 p.m. curfew, it went largely ignored, and hundreds of pro-Trump demonstrators remained in the Capitol Hill area.
It was reported that 2,700 troops of the Washington, D.C. National Guard and 650 troops of the Virginia National Guard would be sent to Washington, D.C., on the night of January 6. Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo pledged to deploy a thousand members of the New York National Guard to D.C., in addition to the resources promised by other states. On the night of January 6, Mayor Bowser issued an order extending the public emergency in Washington, D.C., for 15 days, writing in the order that she expected some people would "continue their violent protests through the inauguration". The following day, Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy announced that a fence would be built around the Capitol building, and remain in place for at least 30 days; construction of the fence began that same day. McCarthy also stated that New Jersey National Guard troops would be mobilized, as would as troops from the Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania National Guards.
Giuliani voicemail
Shortly after the Capitol was secured, Giuliani continued efforts on Trump's behalf to block the certification of electoral votes for Biden. Giuliani left a voicemail message around 7:00 p.m. that was intended for Senator Tommy Tuberville, but was mistakenly left for a different senator after Giuliani called the wrong number. He urged Tuberville to further delay the certification process. TheWrap wrote that Giuliani "it seemed, tried to call one of Trump's Senate allies to beg for more help pulling off what amounts to a coup".
In the call, Giuliani said:
I'm calling you because I want to discuss with you how they're trying to rush this hearing, and how we need you, our Republican friends, to try to just slow it down so we can get these legislatures to get more information to you. And I know they're reconvening at 8:00 [p.m.] tonight, but it ... the only strategy we can follow is to object to numerous states and raise issues so that we get ourselves into tomorrow-ideally until the end of tomorrow.
Giuliani also shared displeasure with the decisions of Mitch McConnell, saying: "McConnell is doing everything he can to rush it, which is kind of a kick in the head because it's one thing to oppose us, it's another thing not to give us a fair opportunity to contest it" and asking Tuberville to "object to every state and, along with a congressman, get a hearing for every state, I know we would delay you a lot, but it would give us the opportunity to get the legislators who are very, very close to pulling their vote, particularly after what McConnell did today".
The order to send in the National Guard, which Trump initially resisted, was approved by Vice President Pence. This bypassing of the chain of command has not been explained.
It took more than three hours for police to retake control of the Capitol, using riot gear, shields, and batons. Capitol Police were assisted by the local D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. Smoke grenades were deployed on the Senate side of the Capitol by Capitol Police working to clear rioters from the building. FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents wearing riot gear entered the Dirksen Senate Office Building around 4:30 p.m.
(snip)
As police continued to try to push rioters away from the Capitol, protests continued, some moving out of the Capitol Hill area. Some verbal and physical attacks on reporters were reported, with attackers denigrating media outlets as providing "fake news".
By 6:08 p.m., police had arrested at least thirteen people and seized five firearms during the day's events. Although Mayor Bowser had ordered a 6:00 p.m. curfew, it went largely ignored, and hundreds of pro-Trump demonstrators remained in the Capitol Hill area.
It was reported that 2,700 troops of the Washington, D.C. National Guard and 650 troops of the Virginia National Guard would be sent to Washington, D.C., on the night of January 6. Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo pledged to deploy a thousand members of the New York National Guard to D.C., in addition to the resources promised by other states. On the night of January 6, Mayor Bowser issued an order extending the public emergency in Washington, D.C., for 15 days, writing in the order that she expected some people would "continue their violent protests through the inauguration". The following day, Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy announced that a fence would be built around the Capitol building, and remain in place for at least 30 days; construction of the fence began that same day. McCarthy also stated that New Jersey National Guard troops would be mobilized, as would as troops from the Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania National Guards.
Giuliani voicemail
Shortly after the Capitol was secured, Giuliani continued efforts on Trump's behalf to block the certification of electoral votes for Biden. Giuliani left a voicemail message around 7:00 p.m. that was intended for Senator Tommy Tuberville, but was mistakenly left for a different senator after Giuliani called the wrong number. He urged Tuberville to further delay the certification process. TheWrap wrote that Giuliani "it seemed, tried to call one of Trump's Senate allies to beg for more help pulling off what amounts to a coup".
In the call, Giuliani said:
I'm calling you because I want to discuss with you how they're trying to rush this hearing, and how we need you, our Republican friends, to try to just slow it down so we can get these legislatures to get more information to you. And I know they're reconvening at 8:00 [p.m.] tonight, but it ... the only strategy we can follow is to object to numerous states and raise issues so that we get ourselves into tomorrow-ideally until the end of tomorrow.
Giuliani also shared displeasure with the decisions of Mitch McConnell, saying: "McConnell is doing everything he can to rush it, which is kind of a kick in the head because it's one thing to oppose us, it's another thing not to give us a fair opportunity to contest it" and asking Tuberville to "object to every state and, along with a congressman, get a hearing for every state, I know we would delay you a lot, but it would give us the opportunity to get the legislators who are very, very close to pulling their vote, particularly after what McConnell did today".