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 were recovered from subsequent arrests. Videos confirmed that these insurrectionists were openly threatening specific Members of Congress. For example, some of the attackers said, “Tell Pelosi we’re coming for that [expletive].”

Members of this mob also made clear that they attacked the Capitol because they believed the President had directed them to. One, individual, Jacob Chansley, who wore a “bearskin headdress” and “carried a spear, approximately 6 feet in length,” later told police that he came as part of a group effort at the request of the President. Another, Derrick Evans, had posted on social media at 12:08 AM on January 6th that he was going to D.C. to “#StopTheSteal,” in response to the President’s tweet. Similarly, a livestream video from inside the Capitol revealed an insurrectionist explaining, “[o]ur president wants us here. … We wait and take orders from our president.”

Outside, the mob erected a gallows, disabled police vehicles, and left threatening messages to Members. Police discovered in a nearby pickup truck—which was later found to belong to one of the President’s supporters traveling from Alabama —eleven “mason jars containing an unknown liquid,” “cloth rags,” and “lighters,” which appeared to be “consistent with components for an explosive or incendiary device known as a ‘Molotov Cocktail.’” The truck additionally contained a black handgun and an M4 carabine assault rifle with loaded ammunition magazines. The Capitol Police Hazardous Materials Response Team also confirmed two devices that were