For days, Massachusetts lawmakers said, they and their colleagues had received assurances from police that security would be tight and that they would be shielded from the masses as Trump continued to spout lies and conspiracies, refusing to concede his loss in November. But incited by Trump’s words, the rally morphed into a protest that escalated into an armed insurrection to overturn the election, rattling the world and now embroiling lawmakers in efforts to try to remove Trump from office in his final days.
The traumatic events of a day now etched in history are the backdrop for Wednesday’s House impeachment vote.
Read here for a reconstruction of the mob attack through the eyes of the Massachusetts Delegation.