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His first respond to the violence. tweeting im asking for everyone at the u.s. capitol to remain peaceful. no violence. remember, we are the party of law and order. >> i dont think people who came to the capitol today had a lot of respect for my co-workers and i. >> this is insane. >> reporter: lawmakers, including republicans, falling into cnn, were astoupded at the presidents detachment. >> the elections over and the objectors need to stop med allege with the primal forces of our democracy her...

I dont have my can computer? front of you so i could look it up. i could find it for you. >> reporter: just like the other made-up election tales you can find on the computer, the dead voting conspiracy isnt true. >> i want to first welcome and thank -- >> reporter: officials would be called to testify before congress, only to declare trump really did lose. >> this was a secure election. of that, i have to doubt. j in no way do i believe it wasnt stolen. >> period. >> no way. >> even though all ...

The original million maga march. i was working and i walk out on the patio and i saw them sawing the pool cues in half, putting on the zip straps. the way that jessica explained it, it was just preparedness in case they were in harms way. >> reporter: who are the oath keepers in your mind right now based on what you know? >> theyre a terrorist organization. theyre white supremists. >> reporter: you consider your son one? >> yes, i do. i hate to say that, but yes. it makes me sad to say that. yes...

Election is rigged. remember that. its going to be fought all over the mace. >> again and again and again he told people that the election was going to be stolen. >> reporter: one of trumps main complaints, the increased use of mail-in ballots in key swing states the absentee ballots favoring joe biden would be counted last. >> you could see trump go way up a and you could see him plateau and go way down. >> this is cnns coverage of election night in america. >> reporter: on election night, earl...

Million americans feel differently than what youre saying right now. guaranteed. the election was just stolen. it just was. >> theres untold reams of proof that there wasnt. >> theres absolute proof that there was but nobody wants to show it. >> where is that? >> it just is. >> reporter: he is now a proud boy. a video of him being initiated into the far right extremist group went viral. >> im a western chauvinist. >> 30 million views, i think. >> and gained thousandings of followers on social me...

Oh, my gosh, were storming the capitol. i was inside the capitol. i went life in the moment and stuck my head out and said this is my house. super sad that this is america and americans are being beaten for wanting to save their country. so welcome to communist america. arent you so fucking proud. >> reporter: by 4:00 vice president pence was calling the acting secretary of defense, demanding he clear the capitol. a moment later, battle raging, trump finally tweets a pretaped statement. >> i kno...

President of the united states making those statements -- >> this was a massive fraud. >> senator ted cruz making those statements as well. >> and weve seen in the last two months unprecedented allegations of voter fraud. >> they hear a lot more. theyre on upper level intelligence briefings. whenever you have those high-ups saying that yes, theres cheating, what do you do, you know? >> the ballot counting in key states continued, and on saturday, november 7th. cnn projects joseph r biden is el...

This was not a close election. >> reporter: members of the right wing militia, the oath keepers, including jessica watkins, began to lead the speech. watkins and donovan crowell make their way towards the capitol. she uses a walkie-talkie to community to other oath keepers. >> everybodys matching on the capital, all million of us. its insane. were about two blocks away from it now. police are doing nothing. theyre not even trying to stop us at this point. >> now it is up to congress to con front...

They had not come to listen to speeches. they had arrived in small groups, dressed without their usual proud bow attire to blend in and equipment themselves with radios for communication. their day would begin with a prayer. >> dear lord ask you today -- >> reporter: and a match to the capitols west side. >> men on a mission with about 500 behind ready to kick some butt. >> reporter: josh fruit, who would be among the first wave of proud boys to breach the capitol claims he knew nothing about th...

Ballots has been counted. >> we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. we want all voting to stop. >> that is not what democratically elected presidents or candidates for the presidency say. thats what authoritarians say. >> you call it fraud to count ballots in the united states of america? >> reporter: trump had spread the lie and most of his supporters would only believe the lie. >> we went to bed and it was like holy crap, what just happened? >> its calle...