I’m with the Remove Trump “Swarm the Capitol” demonstration in DC. Protests have long been banned on Capitol Hill — no signs, no chants, no singing. So we’re starting with hundreds of people “swarming” the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building.
Remove Trump organizers planned a “silent formation” at the Hart Senate building, but Capitol Police said any lining up would be an illegal protest. So we’re milling around instead, since that’s deemed legal. There are hundreds of us, some obscured by the Calder sculpture.
Capitol Police have a duffel bag full of plastic handcuffs at the ready here at the Hart Senate Office Building, but these protesters are peaceful patriots. Unlike Trump, they know how to behave. 
Crowd swelling as we leave Hart Senate building and march to the U.S. Capitol. Crowd chanting: “We want witnesses! No more coverups!”
This banner is at the front of the march as a large crowd chants against the criminal president and approaches the Capitol.
This sign says it all.
You can hear the police on a loudspeaker threatening people with arrest for conducting a peaceful demonstration at the U.S. Capitol.
Some of the demonstrators are engaged in civil disobedience and will be subject to arrest because they won’t leave the Capitol steps as ordered.
It’s hard to see from where police have pushed back the bulk of the crowd, but they’ve started arrests of protesters on the Capitol steps. Crowd chanting, “Shame! Shame! Shame!” For first offense, it’s a $50 ticket with no court appearance. For repeaters, it may mean jail.
