“I thought we’d have to fight our way out,” said Rep Jason Crow, D-Colo, a former Army Ranger in Iraq, who found himself captive in the House chamber. An armed standoff ensued in the House chamber, with police officers drawing their weapons. Rep Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and a former Pentagon official, was on her way to the House chamber when she heard screaming, breaking glass, and what sounded like a flash bang. “We now have individuals that have breached the Capitol building,” he said, warning them to be prepared to relocate to the cloakrooms. Nearby in the first-floor Crypt, the heart of the Capitol building, the police appeared to be overwhelmed.

Source: bd News24 January 07, 2021 05:26 UTC