'This is what I saw in the Capitol.' Sen. Sherrod Brown posts Jan. 6 photos for first time

Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer
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A screen grab of the photos Sen. Sherrod Brown took of the damage to the Capitol Jan. 7
A screen grab of the photos Sen. Sherrod Brown took of the damage to the Capitol Jan. 7
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CINCINNATI — The photos showed a shattered glass table, overturned furniture and debris strewn across an office floor.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio's senior senator from Cleveland, posted the pictures on Twitter on Wednesday. The Democrat said he took the photos of the damage on Jan. 7, a day after supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building and clashed with law enforcement.

"This is the first time I’m sharing my photos from January 6th," Brown tweeted. "I took these exactly six months ago - the morning after the insurrection. This is what I saw in the Capitol."

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Brown didn't say where the photos were taken and whether they were in his office.

Messages to his office were not returned immediately on Wednesday.

Ohio's other senator, Republican Rob Portman, didn't mark the six-month anniversary with a tweet. But both Portman and Brown backed initial measures to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riots. That committee was never created after it didn't garner enough support from Senate Republicans.

Sen. Sherrod Brown talks to a small group at the Hyatt Hotel in Florence, S.C. Friday, March 1, 2019.
Sen. Sherrod Brown talks to a small group at the Hyatt Hotel in Florence, S.C. Friday, March 1, 2019.

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