Arguably it's fair to call what occurred on the other side of the building preceding the doors opening a small "riot", with pushing and shoving past law enforcement - but it was a gayop almost entirely orchestrated by embedded feds egging them on. Normal people climbed into windows that were already broken. Their only goal was to take pictures and yell "THIS IS OUR HOUSE". Misdemeanor at worst.

But it wasn't an "out of control" riot requiring police intervention to stop either. Unlike a typical sports riot in Los Angeles, violence and looting wasn't the intent. Once people got into the rooms they wanted to get into they were peaceful and orderly. I'm fairly confident had Ashley Babbitt not been murdered and people had gotten into the voting chamber, they would have simply stood around the room and chanted something about electors.

Arguably it's fair to call what occurred on the other side of the building preceding the doors opening a "riot" - but it was a gayop almost entirely orchestrated by embedded feds egging them on. Normal people climbed into windows that were already broken. Their only goal was to take pictures and yell "THIS IS OUR HOUSE". Misdemeanor at worst.