Armed mob ?
Where have the stories about this been for the last 1 1/2 years ?
The area wasnt cleared, Trump was allowed to speak and nobody was arrested.
I dont remember one story of armed individuals being detained or arrested before Trump's speech.
I read Ornato is a career Special Service employee with 23 years experience.
I take it you didn't watch the hearing? There were even armed men in trees. To get into the Ellipse, they had to through metal detectors and surrender weapons. As a result, the crowd "inside" was relatively sparse, as many / most? stayed "outside".
Trump was highly pissed about optics and wanted to let them in without going through the 'mags" (magnetometers). The SS refused. He also wanted to walk with them to the Capital. The SS refused because members of the crowd outside the Ellipse we're agressively exercising 2nd amendment rights. He then tried to get them to drive him to the Capital. They refused and took him back to the White House. He was livid and threw temper tantrums.
Where indeed has this information been?