Rioters were inside the U.S. Capitol as Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) told then president Donald Trump by phone, vice president Mike Pence was evacuated.
Tuberville’s call was previously reported after the events of Jan. 6 as rioters ran through the halls, offices and Senate chamber and has become a subject of the impeachment trial of Trump in Washington D.C this week.
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