Newly obtained video shows movement of group suspected of constructing Jan. 6 gallows hours before Capitol siege [View all]
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Source: CBS News
Updated on: March 18, 2024 / 5:47 PM EDT
The people who erected the infamous gallows and noose on the west front of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, began their work in the predawn hours that day, according to newly released videos obtained by CBS News. A report by a GOP-led U.S. House subcommittee said the perpetrators remain unaccounted for by prosecutors.
Surveillance footage shared with CBS News shows the brazenness of the work behind the gallows and noose, which have a history of racist and threatening overtones. On Jan. 6, then-Vice President Mike Pence was presiding over the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College count and had been pressured by former President Donald Trump to unilaterally overturn the 2020 election. He refused to do so, while outside the Capitol, protesters and rioters around the gallows and noose chanted, "Hang Mike Pence."
The videos illustrate how a crew of people rolled pieces down major streets in plain sight, in the predawn hours before the Capitol siege. The video shows several people wheeling large wooden beams near the Capitol during the 6 a.m. ET hour on Jan. 6.
The group can be seen moving its materials across Union Square and near Independence Avenue, two iconic areas near Capitol Hill that would later be overrun by some of the thousands who converged at the Capitol after a speech by former President Trump about 2 miles away, at the Ellipse.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-gallows-construction-new-video/
Not on YouTube yet (that I can find) but CBS has it here on their site (starting at about 14 seconds into the video with a clip that is maybe 15 seconds long with views from 2 cameras, clip repeated a couple times) - https://www.cbsnews.com/video/video-shows-people-suspected-of-erecting-noose-gallows-before-jan6-attack/
ETA a DUer found and posted a Youtube of the broadcast with the clips - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218789447
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