At 12:53 PM, the first barriers at the Capitol fell.
President Trump was still speaking at the Ellipse, 1.8 miles away. His speech wouldn’t end for another hour. His supporters couldn’t physically arrive at the Capitol until 1:30 PM at the earliest.
The insurrection began before the insurrectionists arrived.
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