The President's Staff Did Not Want People to Get Out of the Capitol

Secret Service documents give a timeline of precisely what the White House knew and when. The president was still exhorting his supporters at the ellipse to go fight like hell at 1250 around the time that the first wave of rioters first breached barricades defending the Capitol. From that point until approximately 4 p.m. over the next two hours and 40 minutes, the president stayed in the White House dining room,. attached to the Oval Office and watched this unprecedented assault take place at the Capitol.