2:00 – 2:12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. – 2:12 p.m.
2 p.m.: Yogananda Pittman, the Capitol Police’s assistant chief for protective and intelligence operations, orders a lockdown of the Capitol building. (via U.S. Senate committee staff report)
2:01 p.m.: Chief Sund calls House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving. (via U.S. Senate committee staff report)
2:03 p.m.: Donald Trump has an 8-minute call with Rudy Giuliani. (via Select Committee)
2:05 p.m.: Protester Kevin Greeson dies after suffering a heart attack outside the building. (via the Washington Post)
2:06 p.m.: Rioters continue to push toward the building, reaching the Rotunda steps. (via U.S. Senate committee staff report)
2:07 p.m.: Chief Sund calls Sergeant at Arms Irving, who approves Sund’s request for National Guard support. (via U.S. Senate committee staff report)
2:08 p.m.: Rioters reach the House Plaza. (via U.S. Senate committee staff report)
2:08 p.m.: Chief Sund calls Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger. (via U.S. Senate committee staff report)
2:10 p.m.: Rioters breach the final barricade on the West Front and northwest side of the Capitol, and quickly approach an entrance near the Senate chamber. Paul Irving and Michael Stenger issue an emergency declaration on behalf of the Capitol Police Board and formally approve a request for National Guard assistance. (via U.S. Senate committee staff report)
2:11 p.m.: Chief Sund contacts Maj. Gen. Walker “to request immediate assistance.” (via the House Committee on Oversight and Reform)
2:11 p.m.: The first rioters gain access to the building. (via the Washington Post)
2:12 p.m.: Sen. Mitt Romney encounters Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman running down a second-floor hallway outside the Senate chamber. Goodman tells him that rioters are near and he is safer inside. Romney returns to the Senate floor. (via the Washington Post)