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Butuh lebih dari tiga jam bagi polisi untuk merebut kembali kendali Capitol, menggunakan perlengkapan anti huru hara, perisai, dan pentungan.<ref name="Stunning" /> Polisi Gedung Capitol dibantu oleh [[Departemen Kepolisian Metropolitan Distrik Columbia|Departemen Kepolisian Metropolitan D.C.]] setempat.<ref name="Stunning" /> [[Granat asap]] dikerahkan di sisi Senat Gedung Capitol oleh Polisi Gedung Capitol yang bekerja untuk mengusir perusuh dari gedung.<ref name="WilsonGrenadesDeployed">Kristin Wilson, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju, Ali Zaslav and Sarah Fortinsky, [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_dbbf8e4709f7dfcc4729ed32fe0337b9 Smoke grenades being deployed on Senate side of the US Capitol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106222928/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_dbbf8e4709f7dfcc4729ed32fe0337b9 |date=January 6, 2021 }}, CNN (January 6, 2021).</ref> Kepala Kepolisian Capitol [[Steven Sund]] mengatakan tanggapan lambat petugasnya terhadap kerusuhan itu karena mereka disibukkan oleh alat peledak rakitan yang ditemukan di dekat Gedung Capitol.<ref name=borger/> Agen FBI dan Departemen Keamanan Dalam Negeri yang mengenakan [[perlengkapan anti huru-hara]] memasuki [[Gedung Kantor Senat Dirksen]] sekitar pukul 16.30. <ref>Julian E. Barnes & Mark Mazzetti, [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-protests/fbi-and-homeland-security-make-a-show-of-force-in-washington F.B.I. and Homeland Security make a show of force in Washington.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106222936/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-protests/fbi-and-homeland-security-make-a-show-of-force-in-washington |date=January 6, 2021 }}, ''New York Times'' (January 6, 2021).</ref>
[[Gubernur New Jersey]] [[Phil Murphy]] mengumumkan pada 16.57 bahwa unsur [[Polisi Negara Bagian New Jersey]] dikerahkan ke Distrik Columbia atas permintaan pejabat D.C., dan bahwa PengawalGarda Nasional New Jersey dipersiapkan untuk penempatan jika perlu.<ref name="MurphyPolice">{{cite news |author=<!-- CBS3 Staff --> |date=January 6, 2021 |title=New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Deploys State Police To Washington, D.C. After Violent Protesters Storm U.S. Capitol |url=https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/01/06/new-jersey-gov-phil-murphy-deploys-state-police-to-washington-d-c-after-violent-protesters-storm-u-s-capitol/ |publisher=[[KYW-TV]] |location=Philadelphia |access-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106235800/https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/01/06/new-jersey-gov-phil-murphy-deploys-state-police-to-washington-d-c-after-violent-protesters-storm-u-s-capitol/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sesaat sebelum pukul 17.00, para pemimpin Kongres dilaporkan dievakuasi dari kompleks Gedung Capitol ke [[Fort McNair]], pangkalan Angkatan Darat di dekatnya.<ref>Evan Perez, [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_346250550a46f7df92e4a3e0bc5f9e32 Congressional leaders are being evacuated from Capitol complex] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106224539/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_346250550a46f7df92e4a3e0bc5f9e32 |date=January 6, 2021 }}, CNN (January 6, 2021).</ref> Sekitar pukul 17:40, [[Sergeant at Arms]] mengumumkan bahwa Gedung Capitol telah diamankan.<ref>Kristin Wilson, [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_71a3aeeb0c13370d8d089e593c149fe8 US Capitol building is now secure, Sergeant-at-Arms says] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106230938/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_71a3aeeb0c13370d8d089e593c149fe8 |date=January 6, 2021 }}, CNN (January 6, 2021).</ref>
Shortly before 5:00{{nbsp}}p.m., congressional leaders were reportedly being evacuated from the Capitol complex to [[Fort McNair]], a nearby Army base.<ref>Evan Perez, [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_346250550a46f7df92e4a3e0bc5f9e32 Congressional leaders are being evacuated from Capitol complex] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106224539/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_346250550a46f7df92e4a3e0bc5f9e32 |date=January 6, 2021 }}, CNN (January 6, 2021).</ref> At around 5:40{{nbsp}}p.m., the [[Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate|Sergeant at Arms]] announced that the Capitol had been secured.<ref>Kristin Wilson, [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_71a3aeeb0c13370d8d089e593c149fe8 US Capitol building is now secure, Sergeant-at-Arms says] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106230938/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_71a3aeeb0c13370d8d089e593c149fe8 |date=January 6, 2021 }}, CNN (January 6, 2021).</ref>
As police continued to try to push rioters away from the Capitol, protests continued, some moving out of the [[Capitol Hill]] area. Some verbal and physical attacks on reporters were reported, with attackers denigrating media outlets as providing "[[fake news]]".<ref name="BBC-live">{{cite news |title=Violent pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/election-us-2020-55558355 |work=BBC News |language=en-gb |access-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106232353/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/election-us-2020-55558355 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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