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Politico reports:
Newly released video of the Capitol attack shows just how close rioters came to a senior GOP senator who was third in line for the presidency on Jan. 6, 2021. The footage, released after media requests to access videos used in connection with a Jan. 6 criminal case, shows the apparent evacuation of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) from the Senate chamber as a uniformed officer separates him and his security detail from the first wave of rioters.
Those rioters were led by Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola, who used a riot shield to shatter a Senate window and ignite the breach of the building near the chamber. Grassley’s caught-on-tape proximity to the pro-Trump rioters adds new dissonance to Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s on-air minimization of the siege — a portrayal that palpably split Senate and House Republicans.
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It’s also the latest known Jan. 6. close call:
-Mike Pence came within 40 feet of rioters as he evacuated.
-Chuck Schumer nearly ran into Proud Boy associate Joshua Pruitt at an elevator bank
-Kamala Harris was at DNC when pipe bomb was found outside.https://t.co/DGyvbLpL0n
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 15, 2023
Turns out the Senator being whisked out was Chuck Grassley, third in line to the presidency at the time, within feet of the rioters, and we’re just learning about it now. https://t.co/eumcaJlJss https://t.co/RjV352tueK
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) March 15, 2023
Grassley — who was third in line to the presidency — told @jordainc he didn’t remember much about the circumstances of his evacuation. He was rushed out of the chamber at 2:15pm, just moments after the mob breached the building. https://t.co/DGyvbLpL0n
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 15, 2023