President Trump never told his supporters to enter the Capitol, either in his speech at the Ellipse33 or in any of his statements or communications before or during the events at the Capitol. To the contrary, his only explicit instructions called for protesting “peacefully and patriotically,”34 to “support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement,”35 to “[s]tay peaceful,”36 and to “remain peaceful.”

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President Trump never told his supporters to enter the Capitol, either in his speech at the Ellipse33 or in any of his statements or communications before or during the events at the Capitol. To the contrary, his only explicit instructions called for protesting “peacefully and patriotically,”34 to “support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement,”35 to “[s]tay peaceful,”36 and to “remain peaceful.”

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