” Professional lighting, the sort used for photography and videography, could be seen through the windows of the White House. “Photos were being taken of rugs and other items in the Executive Residence and the East Wing,” a person familiar with the day’s activities with the first lady told CNN…”
”...While images of the mob breaking into the Capitol consumed the airwaves, the first lady was focused—with the White House chief usher, Timothy Harleth—on getting the shoot completed. Both the media, including CNN, and members of her staff were asking if Trump had plans to tweet a statement of calm, or a call to stop the violence—something she had done a handful of times months earlier during the protests surrounding the police killing of George Floyd. She did not.”
“Instead, the first lady was quiet, and has remained so. Her disinterest in addressing the country was indicative of being “checked out,” said another White House source, who added, “she just isn’t in a place mentally or emotionally anymore where she wants to get involved.” ”
“Except with the furniture.”