Josh Hawley seen fleeing pro-Trump mob he ‘riled up’ with fist salute in newly released Jan. 6 footage
Sen. Josh Hawley, who raised his fist in solidarity with Trump supporters outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, was forced to flee rioters in newly released footage.
Sen. Josh Hawley, the Missouri Republican who raised his fist in solidarity with a crowd of Trump supporters outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, was forced to flee the rioters in new footage presented Thursday night by the House Jan. 6 committee in a televised hearing.
Hawley can be seen running through a hallway in the Capitol and then quickly making his way down a staircase with colleagues. The video, which lit up social media shortly after it was aired, was taken just hours after the senator was photographed saluting protesters massing at security gates near the building.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., runs through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.January 6th HearingsRep. Elaine Luria, a Democratic member of the Jan. 6 committee, cited panel interviews with law enforcement in describing how Hawley’s salute “riled up the crowd” and made it harder for officers to protect the complex from the pro-Trump mob.
Not long after Hawley made the gesture, barriers on the east side of the Capitol were breached, she said.
"Later that day, Sen. Hawley fled after those protesters he helped to rile up stormed the Capitol," Luria said. She noted that many of the people he saluted joined the mob after breaking through the barricades.
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