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Vice President Mike Pence pleaded with the acting defense secretary to 'clear the Capitol' as pro-Trump rioters overran the buil

President Donald Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a coronavirus briefing in February 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images The Associated Press obtained an internal Pentagon document about the Capitol riot on January 6. According to the outlet, Vice President Mike Pence placed an urgent call to the acting defense secretary. "Clear the Capitol," Pence said after the mob had been in the building for hours. See more stories on Insider's business page. After a group of former President Donald Trump's supporters breached the US Capitol on January 6, forcing lawmakers to evacuate and leaving multiple people dead, questions have lingered about the timeline of events.Some of those details have emerged in an internal Defense Department document that was obtained by the Associated Press.Vice President Mike Pence, who was in the building when the Capitol riot began, made an urgent call amid the chaos."Clear the Capitol," Pence told Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, the Associated Press reported.

 

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