WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just before a group of people stormed the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday afternoon, causing a recess of Congress, an evacuation of lawmakers and the imposition of a city-wide curfew, local couple Leigh and David Gibson were among the pro-Donald Trump marchers headed toward the building.
In a video Leigh Gibson took as the crowd approached the Capitol bearing U.S. and pro-Trump flags, a man shouted, “The Capitol is getting breached,” and a woman off-screen said something unintelligible in a dismayed voice.
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