During Black History Month, Zenger News presents “I Saw the Siege,” a series of on-camera interviews with African-American eyewitnesses to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Jabir McKnight is a communications director in the House of Representatives, wrangling journalists for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), one of 27 African-American women in Congress.