Pelosi gives ’60 Minutes’ tour of her vandalized office
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) showed “60 Minutes” the damage done to her office when a mob breached the U.S. Capitol building in an effort to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
Pelosi showed CBS’s Lesley Stahl a door that was broken in during the riot. She also showed a conference room where she said her staffers barricaded the door and hid under a table with the lights off during the riot.
The show played an audio recording from one of Pelosi’s staffers of a mob banging on a door in the office and yelling.
When a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, some made their way to Speaker Pelosi’s office. In a recording from one of Speaker Pelosi’s staffers, the invaders are heard banging on a door her staff had barricaded while they hid under a table. https://t.co/CNmQcAs9av pic.twitter.com/ymt3CI0hHi
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) January 10, 2021
Pelosi said rioters also smashed a mirror in her private office, stole a computer and more.
“Glass is all over the place.” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi shows Lesley Stahl the destruction in her office after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, some of them in search of Speaker Pelosi. https://t.co/lZbCRGlV5P pic.twitter.com/GbDo2pEEQI
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) January 10, 2021
Stahl noted that the FBI is investigating whether any of the rioters sought to go beyond stopping Congress’s certification of the Electoral College results in order to harm lawmakers or staffers. The chaos interrupted Congress’s certification of the Electoral College vote in the race for the White House between President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden.
Pelosi told “60 Minutes” that the rioters “were vocally saying ‘where’s the Speaker? We know she has staff. They’re here someplace. We’re going to find them.’ ”
The FBI last week arrested Arkansas man Richard Barnett, who was photographed with his feet on a desk in Pelosi’s office. He confirmed his identity to multiple news outlets and said that he took a piece of mail from Pelosi’s office, in addition to leaving a profane note.
He faces three federal charges, including knowingly entering or remaining on restricted grounds without authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and theft of public property or records, according to The Associated Press.
Pelosi on Sunday announced that House Democrats will stage a vote to impeach Trump, raising accusations that he encouraged the mob violence.
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