including nancy pelosi. >> dominic pezzola is the man that you're going to see here in the gray jacket to break the capitol window. the doj has argued in court, quote, there's no indiction he's changed his mind about fomenting rebellion since january 6th. what he did and the people he associates with disgust me. the proud boys. they are about hate. they are white nationalists. i don't even know what a guy with an italian american heritage is doing with a group like that. they don't like you. but why he did what he did matters in the trial of this former president. jonathan zucker represents pezzola. counsellor, can you hear me? >> i can hear you loud and clear. >> just one step backwards. when donald trump said about the proud boys, stand back and stand by, let me remind the audience of that moment. >> what do you want to call them, give me a name. >> white supremacists. proud boys. >> proud boys, stand back and stand by. >> now, we all took that as way too weak, almost condoning them. is it your understanding that so did the proud boys? my understanding is that they adopted that as pa

meanwhile, dominic pezzola, who the justice department says is associated with the proud boys, seemsncing himself from the group. his lawyer saying his association was minimal. his case files mention another witness who has cooperated with federal investigators to share details on the proud boys. >> people are going to start to crack. they start to think about what is best for them. >> reporter: tonight, a source tells cnn capitol police have told lawmakers the ominous lool looking razor wire should stay in place. some in congress have clearly been unhappy with the fencing. eager for a return to normal. >> it's really discouraging to see the razor wire, the fencing, the image that it sends to the world. >> reporter: there are not reports of credible, specific threats. but there is chatter. >> we know there's a clear and present danger that is facing these lawmakers. they're now direct targets of militia style extremists. >> reporter: now, officials say nearly 5,000 national guard troops will remain in washington at least through march 12th. >> we'll continue to assess the threats and

i have already discussed proud boys member dominic pezzola who has since been charged with eight federalwrote about his involvement on his own facebook page. here is the post. he stated... "crazy nancy". that is trump's nickname for the speaker the house. then he explains that he and the group only abandoned their claim to the speaker's office when "a swat team showed up." . he writes then a swat team showed... retreated, hostile, take over. he is using military terms. the mob continued to look for speaker pelosi throughout the time that occupied the capital, including innovating her offices. watch now how the mob searches for speaker pelosi's office, which is marked in red. in the house chamber itself. are you, nancy? we are looking for you! -- _ are you, nancy? we are looking for you! -- where — are you, nancy? we are looking for you! -- where are— are you, nancy? we are looking for you! —— where are you. _ are you, nancy? we are looking for you! —— where are you. nancy? i are you, nancy? we are looking for you! —— where are you. nancy? oh, nancy? _ you! —— where are you. nancy? oh, na

the lawyer for dominic pezzola, a leader of the proud boys who was the first person to break inside the capitol said that president trump effectively told his client and others quote, people of the country come on down. let people know what you think, quote, logical thinking was he invited us down. his lawyer went on, these were people acting in a way they've never acted before. and it begs the question, who lit the fuse? end quote. on january 6, we know who lit the fuse. donald trump told these insurrectionists to come to the capitol and stop the steal. and they did come to the capitol and they tried to stop the certification. they came because he told them to. and they did stop our proceedings, but only temporarily because he told them to. have you noticed throughout this presentation the uncanny similarity over and over and over again of what all these people are saying? they said what donald trump said, and that echoed each other. stand back and standby. stop the steal. fight like hell. trump sent us. we are listening to trump. the riots that day left at least seven people dead. mor

the lawyer for dominic pezzola, a leader of the proud boys who was the first person to break inside the capitol said that president trump effectively told his client and others quote, people of the country come on down. let people know what you think, quote, logical thinking was he invited us down. his lawyer went on, these were people acting in a way they've never acted before. and it begs the question, who lit the fuse? end quote. on january 6, we know who lit the fuse. donald trump told these insurrectionists to come to the capitol and stop the steal. and they did come to the capitol and they tried to stop the certification. they came because he told them to. and they did stop our proceedings, but only temporarily because he told them to. have you noticed throughout this presentation the uncanny similarity over and over and over again of what all these people are saying? they said what donald trump said, and that echoed each other. stand back and standby. stop the steal. fight like hell. trump sent us. we are listening to trump. the riots that day left at least seven people dead. mor

i have already mentioned dominic pezzola, charged with eight federal crimes. the group he attacked the capitol with confirmed that, quote, anyone they got their hands on, they would have killed, including nancy pelosi. william calhoun, a lawyer from georgia, also participated in the insurrection that day. and he, too, has been charged for his actions. this insurrectionist detailed his criminal activity at the capitol online. calhoun wrote about his involvement on his own facebook page. here is the post. calhoun stated, quote, and get this, the first of us who got upstairs it kicked in nancy pelosi's office door and pushed down the halls toward her inner sanctum, the mob howling with rage. crazy nancy probably would have been torn into little pieces, but she was nowhere to be seen. crazy nancy. that's trump's nickname for the speaker of the house. then he explains that he and his group only abandoned their claim to the speaker's office when, quote, a s.w.a.t. team showed up. he writes, quote, then a s.w.a.t. team showed and we retreated back to the rotunda and

on the slide, you'll see proud boy member dominic pezzola has an earpiece in his right ear consistent to the posts, they made clear why they thought they should do this, why they thought they could do this. it wasn't just that they were doing it following the president's orders, they thought he would help them. a third-party site captured a post on thedonald.win, again, the site monitored by trump's team and he wrote, "he" meaning donald trump in this instance, "can order the nat guard to stand down if needed. unfortunately, he has no control over the capitol police. but there are only around 2k of them and a lot are useless fat asses or girls." it's all right there. the overall goal, maps of the capitol, the weapons, communication devices. they even said publicly, openly, proudly, that president trump will help them to commandeer the national guard so all they have to do is overwhelm the 2,000 capitol police officers. this was reported in the nbc news and the "washington post" with headlines like, "violent threats ripple through far-right internet forums ahead of protests." "pro-trum

dom nish p-- dominic pasala, who was the first of the proud boys to break into the capitol said, come on, people, come on down. let them know what you think. quote, he invited us down. pezzola'sr went on, these people acted like they've never acted before. and it begs the question, who lit the fuse? we know who lit the fuse. donald trump told these insurrectionists to come to the capitol and stop the steal. and they did come to the capitol. and they tried to stop the certification. they came because he told them to. and they did stop our proceedings, but only temporarily because he told them to. have you noticed throughout this presentation the uncanny similarity over and over and over again of what all these people are saying? they said what donald trump said, and they echoed each other. stand back and stand by. stop the steal. fight like hell. trump sent us. we are listening to trump. the riots that day left at least seven people dead. more than 150 people injured. members, senators and our staffs, all traumatized to this day. damage and pain to our capitol. damage and pain to americans. damage to our police force, and damage to other nations who have always seen us as a ba