1:07 PM
Half way up the grounds at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, a woman beckons for thousands of Trump supporters to follow.
An American Insurrection
On January 6, 2021, thousands of Americans laid siege to the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., in an historic attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The following photographs are arranged in chronological order.
1:38 PM
A young girl is carried away as paramedics tend to a man who collapsed in the crowd on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
1:54 PM
A man in the crowd has tear gas is rinsed from his eyes on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
2:06 PM
A Trump supporter flashes a thumbs-up as rioters brawl with police on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
2:08 PM
Police attempt to control a growing crowd of Trump supporters next to the staircase at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
2:13 PM
An unconscious man is carried away on a makeshift stretcher after falling from a wall on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
2:21 PM
Insurrectionists scale a wall at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
2:49 PM
A man holds up a bust resembling Donald Trump in the crowd gathered beneath the staircase at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
2:54 PM
Trump supporters advance up the side of a staircase on the West Front of the United States Capitol.
3:01 PM
A young man climbs scaffolding set up on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
3:06 PM
A growing mass of Trump supporters flood the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
3:16 PM
A man poses at the top of scaffolding set up on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
3:22 PM
Trump supporters flood the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
3:48 PM
A man records his climb along the narrow bannister of a staircase on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
4:00 PM
U.S. Capitol Police hold a line at the top of the staircase at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
4:42 PM
Outside the U.S. Captiol doors on the east side of the building, Jake Angeli looks towards Capitol Police through a window.
5:01 PM
A livestreamer stands atop ransacked Associated Press equipment on the east side of the U.S. Capitol.
5:16 PM
A woman waves a Q-Anon flag from atop scaffolding on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
5:34 PM
Virginia State Police hold a line at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.