Impeachment trial video shows Mike Pence rushing from the Capitol with a 'nuclear football' close behind as rioters stormed the building

Impeachment trial video shows Mike Pence rushing from the Capitol with a 'nuclear football' close behind as rioters stormed the building
Former Vice President Mike Pence ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
  • Video footage from the Capitol riots showed former Vice President Mike Pence being rushed to safety from an approaching mob.

  • A military aide behind Pence appears to be carrying a "nuclear football," a duplicate used if something were to happen to the president.

  • The presence of a "nuclear football" near rioters means highly classified information was potentially at risk.

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  • In an impeachment trial video of the Capitol riots, former Vice President Mike Pence can be seen being rushed to safety as a military aide follows with what multiple experts identified as a "nuclear football."

    The video, which was presented on Wednesday by House impeachment manager Del. Stacey Plaskett on the second day of the Senate impeachment trial, shows Pence, Secret Service, a military aide and other officials being quickly evacuated as the mob forced its way into the Capitol nearby.

    The rioters, some of whom were heard shouting 'Hang Mike Pence!" after a tweet from the president, came within 100 feet of Pence's position at one point, The Washington Post reported.

    That puts the violent mob alarmingly close to the "football" ..

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