Mike Pence's 'nuclear football' was potentially at risk during Capitol riot

Footage from 6 January shows mob was within 30 metres of Pence and air force officer carrying briefcase with nuclear codes

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The dramatic footage of the 6 January insurrection shows the mob was within 30 metres of Mike Pence, when he made his escape. But there was a chilling detail that even the House prosecutors missed. With the then vice-president on that terrifying day, was an air force officer carrying the football", a large black briefcase carrying nuclear launch codes.

The codes in the vice-president's football are not activated unless the president is dead or incapacitated. But the implications of it falling into the hands of rioters are still chilling.