What unfolded on Wednesday was a tableau of violence and mayhem that shocked the nation, one of the most severe intrusions of the Capitol since the British burned down the building in 1814.




By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Sabrina Tavernise and Emily Cochrane
- Published Jan. 6, 2021Updated Jan. 7, 2021, 12:01 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The mob of Trump supporters pressed through police barricades, broke windows and battered their way with metal poles through entrances to the Capitol. Then, stunningly, they breached the “People’s House” itself, forcing masked police officers to draw their guns to keep the insurgents off the chamber floor.