Important revelations about last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol rolled in at a rapid pace over the weekend, with more undoubtedly on the way. We learned about the broken lines of communication that hobbled law enforcement’s response to the mob. We read chilling individual accounts from police, journalists and government employees who were on the scene. And we heard public officials’ plans for keeping D.C. residents safe during the Inauguration.

It all adds up to an overwhelming barrage of news. Here’s what you need to know from the recent wall-to-wall coverage of the violence at the Capitol:

• Black Capitol Police officers spoke out about their experiences defending the building from an angry, racist mob. “We were telling them to back up and get away and stop, and they’re telling us they are on our side, and they’re doing this for us, and they’re saying this as I’m getting punched in my face by one of them,” one officer told Buzzfeed News. Eugene Goodman, another Capitol Police officer who is Black, was hailed on social media for drawing away an angry mob from the doors of the Senate chamber, as Slate reports.
• Outgoing Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, who announced his resignation last week, said he requested aid from the National Guard six times, including before the insurrection unfolded on Wednesday, and was rejected or delayed each time. “I am making an urgent, urgent immediate request for National Guard assistance,” Sund recalled saying in an interview with The Washington Post. “I have got to get boots on the ground.” The first National Guard troops didn’t arrive at the Capitol until about 5:40 p.m., the Post reported.

• D.C. and federal officials are pointing fingers at one another about the failure to effectively respond to the insurrectionists. Mayor Bowser’s chief of staff, John Falcicchio, told the New York Times that defense officials decided how many personnel were deployed to the Capitol. But Pentagon officials said those decisions were made based on the requests they received from the city and other authorities. The Pentagon also told the Washington Post that a quick-reaction force did not immediately respond because of a lack of prior planning with Capitol Police. D.C.’s acting police chief said Capitol Police likely made a “miscalculation” of the extent of the threat ahead of the riot.
• D.C. leaders thought Trump might seize control of D.C.’s police force. The D.C. Attorney General’s office presented a memo to the D.C. Council last Monday outlining the president’s potential use of the Insurrection Act to take over the Metropolitan Police Department. The D.C. Council was concerned the president would “foment” the Stop the Steal protesters by deciding to “take over the police department and bring in the National Guard,” Council chairman Phil Mendelson told Buzzfeed News.
• More details emerged about who was involved in storming the Capitol, as news organizations combed through photos and videos documenting the mob break-in. Extremist groups like the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and a variety of other right-wing figures were there, according to ProPublica. Some of the insurrectionists were arrested over the weekend, including two men seen in the House chamber with zip ties, The New York Times reports. One of them is an Air Force combat veteran.
• Members of Congress who sheltered together in a hearing room may have been exposed to the coronavirus, per Congress’s attending physician. Some Republican lawmakers refused to wear masks while in lockdown, The Washington Post reports.
• D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser sent a letter urging the Department of Homeland Security to beef up its Inauguration security plan. However, she has not asked to close the inauguration to the public entirely.
• A second Capitol Police officer who responded to the insurrection died on Saturday. Howard Liebengood, a 15-year veteran of the force, died while off-duty. The Washington Post and other news agencies report he died by suicide. Another officer, Brian Sicknick, died on Thursday after being assaulted during the insurrection.