That man is Agent Eugene Goodman. Footage from Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol shows him leading the crowd of Trump supporters in the opposite direction of the Senate chambers after finding it unguarded.
CNN producer Kristin Wilson Goodman identified via US Capitol Police sources. The agency has not publicly identified Goodman to CNN or other outlets.
Images from Wednesday captured by Huffington Post reporter Igor Bobic shows Goodman, the lone officer among the crowd, trying to hit back the rioters several times as he sends other agents on the radio, but they keep following Goodman up the stairs.
At one point, Goodman comes to a landing and looks out to a hallway to his left. A door in that hallway led to the Senate chambers, Wilson wrote in a tweet. Goodman then leads the rioters to the right, away from the Senate chambers – and their “ targets, ” Wilson said.
Goodman leads them to a larger hall, and backup officers arrive – still outnumbered by rioters. Bobic stopped recording and was evacuated shortly after, he said.
Bobic said Goodman drove the rioters out of the Senate chambers at 2:14 PM. Senators were warned that protesters had breached the Capitol just a minute earlier, according to CNN’s timeline of events from Wednesday’s riot. Vice President Mike Pence would not be evacuated from the Senate until 2:30 p.m.
The man in a hoodie who chased Goodman up the stairs, Doug Jensen, was arrested this weekend for breaking into the Capitol and is facing five federal charges – of illegally entering the Capitol, disrupting government affairs, violent entry, parading in a Capitol. and blocking law enforcement during the riot.
Political figures have called on Goodman to remove the Congressional Medal of Honor or the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor for protecting members of Congress.
CNN has reached out to the US Capitol Police for comment on Goodman’s actions and is awaiting a response.