Jan. 6th Cmte. Plays Radio Traffic of Pence Secret Service: There Were Calls Saying Goodbye to Family Members

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LURIA: “The president’s national Security Council staff was listening to these developments and tracking them in real time. On the screen, you can see excerpts from the chat logs among the national — among the president’s national Security Council staff. At 2:13, the staff learned that the rioters were kicking in the windows at the Capitol. Three minutes later, the staff said, the vice president was being pulled, which meant agents evacuated him from the Senate floor. At 2:24, the staff noted that the secret service agents at the Capitol did not, quote, sound good right now. Earlier, you heard from a security professional who had been working in the White House complex on January 6, with access to relevant information and a responsibility to report to national security officials. We asked this person what was meant by the comment that the secret service agents did not, quote, sound good right now? In the following clip of that testimony, which has been modified to protect the individual’s identity, the professional discusses what they heard from listening to the incoming radio traffic that day.”