The scoop of a lifetime for George Chidi, a freelance journalist in Georgia, began at the State Capitol on the morning of Dec. 14, 2020, when a longtime source walked briskly past, eyes averted as if he didn’t know him, then disappeared into Room 216.
Mr. Chidi, concluding that something odd was taking place on the other side of the door, turned the knob and stepped into history.
What he saw, and simultaneously live-streamed from his phone,…