Exclusive: Photo shows Mike Pence, family in hiding on Jan. 6

ABC News is publishing the image for the first time on the eve of the House Jan. 6 committee’s hearing Thursday focused on former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against Pence.

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In it, Pence can be seen with members of his family — second lady Karen Pence, his brother, Rep. Greg Pence and his daughter — in the vice president’s ceremonial office just steps from the Senate floor.

Taken just minutes after the mob had breached the Capitol and as Pence and his family were evacuated from chamber by his Secret Service detail, the photo shows Karen Pence hurriedly closing the curtains in the room, as her daughter looks on with fear.

According to a source who was in the room, the second lady could see rioters outside the Capitol, so she closed the curtains, worried that the attackers would see her and her family.

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