Protesters who were part of an unprecedented, four-hour siege of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday told the Washington Examiner they planned a peaceful occupation of the building, but some people in their group turned violent.

“It just got crazy, that’s all I can say,” a protester from Michigan told the Washington Examiner as he walked away from the Capitol hauling a Trump flag.

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