A staffer with Doug Mastriano's Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to an NBC News analysis of photos and video.
Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and was himself on the grounds of the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Demonstrators stand next to destroyed broadcast equipment belonging to journalists outside the U.S. Capitol building during a protest on Jan. 6, 2021.There's no evidence that Clarkson entered the Capitol building and Clarkson denied that he did so. But additional photos and videos obtained by NBC News appeared to show a childhood friend who accompanied Clarkson on Jan. 6 breaching the Capitol building and joining the mob pushing against officers struggling to protect lawmakers inside.
"I, uh, don't recall smashing any cameras," Clarkson said after NBC News asked him why he was smiling while watching media equipment was destroyed."I didn't go inside," Clarkson said."That's the only thing I will tell you, is that I didn't go inside." Clarkson didn’t say whether the FBI had contacted him about his presence on Capitol grounds. The FBI, which typically does not comment on ongoing investigations, declined to comment on whether anyone from the bureau had talked to Clarkson about his friend or about any videos Clarkson may have shot on Jan. 6 that would be useful to the investigation.
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