As the insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol, smashing windows and climbing in over the jagged glass, some of their first audible cries were a declaration of purpose: “Where are they counting the votes?” The group encountered a single Capitol police officer who yelled: “Don’t do it.
Don’t do it." “Where are they counting the (expletive) votes!” they hollered as they streamed inside, wielding wooden beams and a metal baseball bat, forcing the officer to retreat, according to footage shown this week at Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
Outside, others were setting up a makeshift gallows on the Capitol lawn for Trump’s own vice president, Mike Pence. The stunning and disturbing footage, some never seen publicly before, brought into