Schumer says he and Pelosi were 'resolute' about calling in the military Jan. 6

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke Sunday astir his acquisition during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, stating that he, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "were resolute" astir calling successful the subject and continuing the electoral ballot count.

"Speaker Pelosi and I were resolute that archetypal the subject should travel successful and region radical from the Capitol. The Capitol Police were overwhelmed," Schumer said according to reports from NBC News. "And we called the Secretary of Defense. We call[ed] the governors of Virginia and Maryland who had nationalist defender arsenic good arsenic the D.C. constabulary and urge[d] them to nonstop reinforcements to the Capitol to marque definite that these hooligans were removed." 

Schumer's relationship follows the Jan. 6 House prime committee's ninth nationalist proceeding Thursday afternoon, wherever members took a wide look astatine the findings from its investigation, interspersed with new clips and information.

The proceeding showed caller clips of Pelosi and others calling aggregate Trump medication officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, to impulse them to instrumentality enactment to quell the riot arsenic they hid from the mob that overran the Capitol.

Some of the footage, captured by Pelosi's daughter, showed Schumer and different members of Congress moving to a unafraid location, according to NBC News.

Schumer said that 1 bully infinitesimal from the time came erstwhile Republicans and Democrats came unneurotic and decided to proceed counting the electoral vote.

"One bully infinitesimal was erstwhile the 4 leaders, 2 Democrats and 2 Republicans got unneurotic astatine astir 5 o'clock and said we are not going to fto these hooligans halt the authorities process," helium said. "They would person succeeded. If we would person delayed counting the electoral vote, lord knows what would person happened." 

The House prime committee unanimously voted Thursday to subpoena erstwhile President Donald Trump about his actions surrounding the insurrection successful a determination that has been nether information for immoderate time.

The ballot marks the boldest measurement yet for the bipartisan panel, which has truthful acold issued more than 100 subpoenas and interviewed much than 1,000 radical passim its investigation.