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Washington Bureau Chief Alex Cameron is still on lockdown inside the Longworth House Office Building in Washington D.C., after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Protesters participating in a "Stop the Steal" rally in support of President Trump outside the U.S. Capitol breached a police security perimeter and stormed the U.S. Capitol building, forcing lawmakers to abandon the House floor.
What we saw and heard on the ground during the Capitol siege Print this article
Washington Examiner reporters and staff were inside and outside the Capitol building on Wednesday when a protest against the congressional acceptance of Electoral College votes making Joe Biden the president-elect rather than President Trump turned into a mob that breached the building and forced lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill into lockdown for hours.
Here is a portion of what they saw and heard.
GRAEME JENNINGS, outside: I was covering the west front of the Capitol as the protesters advanced up to the west side steps. The mob took over the inauguration platform and clashed with a small number of police officers in riot gear. Police fired tear gas and pepper spray, but the mob charged through them and attacked. The mob then proceeded further up the west front of the Capitol until people eventually broke into the building. It was a complete security failure on the part of the United States Capi
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