U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, the man who led rioters up the stairs and away from the Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, broke his yearlong silence Monday when he appeared on the podcast "3 Brothers No Sense."

The Flint Township Democrat had been among the members of Congress trapped in the House gallery on Jan. 6 as rioters tried to break into the chamber.

He briefly shot a video of police officers with guns drawn in a standoff with the insurgents trying to break through the central doors, which had been barricaded with heavy furniture. Kildee then took shelter on the gallery floor.

Three weeks after the U.S. Capitol insurrection concern about the trauma suffered that day is growing, not just by the lawmakers who hid from the attackers, but also among thousands of local workers who have jobs on Capitol Hill. Scott MacFarlane reports on new efforts to help the traumatized.

They replay the day in their minds, hear threats when they pick up the phone, and try to keep doing their jobs. Congressional staffers are still struggling in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, whether they hid from the violent mob in their workplace or watched in terror from home…

https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/01/15/former-congressional-staffers-are-saying-thank-you-to-current-staffers/

Some huddled in corners of the U.S. Capitol, texting loved ones. Others were glued to their televisions at home as their place of work was overrun by rioters who smashed windows, ravaged offices and tore down American flags, shocking the country.

The U.S. Capitol is my second home. I have been covering the occupants of the building for an absurdly long period of time, the last 15 years spent mostly at a workspace just steps from the Senate gallery.