Pence Secret Service detail feared for their lives during Capitol riot

January 6 committee plays White House national security official saying agents made calls to say goodbye to family members'

In chilling new testimony about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, the investigating House committee showed that members of the Secret Service detail for the vice-president, Mike Pence, so feared for his and their safety that they screamed" that other officials should say goodbye to their families.

A White House national security official whose identity and voice was obscured described the calls in testimony played by the January 6 committee in a public hearing on Thursday night.