A year after Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the battle continues against extremism in the military
ABC News
A year after Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the battle continues against extremism in the military.
When U.S. Army veteran Brian Snow drove 12 hours from his home in Indiana to Washington for then-President Donald Trump’s rally on the Ellipse Jan. 6 -- amid chants of "stop the steal" -- he came prepared for a fight. Clad in body armor, the father or four feared he could be attacked just for attending the event.
Still, he said, he felt called to be there.
"The president asked for people to come himself. So, you know, that's what we do," Snow said on that day a year ago, standing just outside the White House grounds.
But as that protest escalated into an insurrection, it was Trump’s supporters who turned to violence, brutally overtaking security forces to breach the U.S. Capitol and temporarily derailing the certification of the 2020 election.