Secret Service Agent Blocked Trump From Going to Capitol on Jan. 6: Driver

Agent told the president to go to the White House after his speech ended.

Surrounded by campaign staff and members of the U.S. Secret Service, former U.S. President Donald Trump (C) waves to supporters as he visits the Iowa Pork Producers Tent at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 12, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

When then-President Donald Trump finished delivering his speech at the Jan. 6, 2021, Save America rally, he wanted to go to the U.S. Capitol.

But a Secret Service agent blocked him from going, according to a newly disclosed account.