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Off-duty cops, other officials face reckoning after rallying for Trump during US Capitol siege Toggle share menu Advertisement Off-duty cops, other officials face reckoning after rallying for Trump during US Capitol siege Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, US on Jan 6, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Stephanie Keith) 14 Jan 2021 09:21AM (Updated: 14 Jan 2021 10:49AM) Share this content Bookmark WASHINGTON: As rioters scaled scaffolding outside the US Capitol, Roxanne Mathai held up her mobile phone to...

By Linda So, Andrea Januta, Mike Berens 11 Min Read (Reuters) - As rioters scaled scaffolding outside the U.S. Capitol, Roxanne Mathai held up her cell phone to record the sea of supporters of President Donald Trump storming America’s bastion of democracy. FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump protest in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo “We’re going in,” said the 46-year-old Texas jailer, “tear gas and all.” Mathai, a jail lieutenant and 8-year veteran of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, ...

Dozens of public servants including firefighters, lawmakers, teachers, municipal workers, law enforcement and military personnel joined events that became the siege on the U.S. Capitol.

As rioters scaled scaffolding outside the U.S. Capitol, Roxanne Mathai held up her cell phone to record the sea of supporters of President Donald Trump storming America’s bastion of democracy.

WASHINGTON — The military is expanding its investigation into whether any troops who participated in last week’s pro-Trump rally also took part in the violence inside the U.S. Capitol, even as lawmakers are pressing the Defense Department to rescreen the thousands of military personnel assigned to s