'It was about creating positive vibrations in a sacred chamber.'
The chaos saw dozens break four layers of security cordons and enter the parliament. Senators fled and a woman died after she was shot in the neck by police.The disorder cooled whenChansley has repeatedly said he was answering Mr Trump’s call to join the riots, and told CBS: ‘I believed that when we were waved in by police officers, that it was acceptable.
Despite his loyalty to the former president, he said he was ‘wounded’ when Mr Trump ignored his calls for a pardon. ‘I developed a lot of sympathy for Donald Trump because it seemed like the media was picking on him. He cares about the American people,’ Chansley said from jail in his hometown of Arizona.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at