The raid on Congress continued. The “nuclear briefcase” was in danger

CNN quoted a defense official as saying that military officials overseeing the nuclear weapons release authorization process were unaware that then-Vice President Mike Pence’s military aide who carried the “nuclear briefcase” was in potential danger. January 6, when rioters stormed the Capitol.

The vice president always carries a backup copy of the bag prepared to fulfill the orders to launch a nuclear attack, which must be ready at all times and identical to the one carried by the president, in anticipation of the latter’s disability.

The official said that the US leadership learned of the seriousness of the accident after seeing a video that was shown, last Wednesday, in the historic trial of former US President Donald Trump for inciting the assault on the Congress building last month. the first former president to stand trial in the Senate.

The video shows Pence, Secret Service agents and a military officer carrying the nuclear bag descending a staircase inside the Capitol building to safety.

The official added that the military officer was able to control the “spare bag”, noting that even if the rioters obtained it, they would not be able to use it due to the security checks on their system.

“When the crowd reached the top of the stairs, they were 100 feet from where the vice president was sheltering with his family, and they were only feet from one of the doors in this room,” said Democratic Rep. Stacy Blasket.

CNN says that in one of the videos, Trump supporters can be heard chanting “Hang up Mike Pence” near the open entrance to the Congress building.

Democratic lawmakers who are playing the role of prosecutors in the trial of former US President Donald Trump, accused of inciting a Capitol lockdown, showed a video clip Wednesday showing members of the pro-Trump crowd recording the building looking for his deputy, yelling “Hang Mike Pence.”

The council showed videos of Trump supporters forcibly eluding police in the Congress building in the Jan. 6 attack, after he encouraged his supporters in a speech to “fight” to reverse their defeat in the US election. November 3.

One of the videos showed supporters of the former president throwing down barriers and attacking police.

In the assault on Congress, the mob attacked the police, prompting members of Congress to flee for safety and disrupt the official session of Congress to support President Joe Biden’s victory.