Former US President Donald Trump sits for hours Watch Jan 6 attack on Capitol unfold on live TV, ignore his pleas children and other close advisers to urge his supporters to stop the violence, witnesses said at a congressional hearing on Thursday.
the home of The House Select Committee used its eighth hearing this summer to clarify what members said Trump refused to act for The 187 minutes between the end of His fiery speech at a rally of his supporters on the march on Capitol building and release of A video of him telling them to go home.
President Trump sat at his dining table and watched attack on TV while his senior- Most of the employees and the closest advisors and family The members begged him to do what was expected of “Any American president,” said Democratic Representative Elaine Luria.
The panel I played a videotaped testimony of White House aides and security staff during a discussion of events of today.
The former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was asked a question after a question in Recorded testimony about Trump’s actions: Is it call The secretary of defense? Lawyer general? The head of Home security? Cipollone answered “no” to every inquiry.
“He should condemn this ASAP,” Akbar Trump sonwithout son, resume in Text message to President Trump of Staff, Mark Meadows. “They will try to spoil his entire legacy on That’s if it gets worse.”
attack on Capitol, as Vice President Mike Pence met with Lawmakers, resulting in many deaths and injuries more More than 140 police officers and certification delays of Democratic President Joe Biden wins in November 2020 elections.
Representative Adam Kinzinger one of republicans on The committee said Trump had no interest in Connection off the rioters.
“The mob was achieving President Trump’s goal, so of Of course the intervention did not, said Kinsinger.
trump remains She is popular with Republican voters and continues to flirt with Possibility of Management for president again in 2024. But the Reuters/Ipsos poll has ended on Thursday found His standing among Republicans has weakened slightly since the hearings began six weeks ago. about 40% of Republicans now say he’s at least partially to blame for Riots, up from 33% in Poll conducted during congressional hearings.
Trump denies wrongdoing and continues to falsely claim he lost because of of widespread fraud. Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington said in a post on social truth social media location during the hearing.
Officers are afraid for their lives
During the evening, it is scheduled to reach a wide television audience, and the hearing was shown on bone of Major American Television Networks. else round of Hearings will begin in September, said panel, Republican Vice President, Representative Liz Cheney.
witnesses in The room was Matthew Pottinger’s deputy national Trump-era security advisor, Sarah Matthews, Deputy Press secretary in his white house. They both quit in The hours after the riots.
“If the president has wanted To make a statement and address the Americans peopleIt could have been on camera Almost immediately, Matthews testified. If he did wanted To issue a letter from the Oval Office, we could have assembled members of the White House press corps in a matter of minutes.”
The panel of Seven Democrats and two House Republicans were investigating attack for The past year interviews more More than 1,000 witnesses and dozens mobilized of in thousands of docs.
I used sessions for build It is the issue of Trump’s efforts to reverse his defeat against Biden in 2020 constitutes a default of duty And illegal behavior, beyond the norm politics.
Audio testimony from White House Security official Those whose identities are withheld corroborate previous testimony that management officials knew there were multiple reports of arms in the crowd of supporters who Collected for Trump crowd speech.
The committee showed a video of Several White House officials described their displeasure that afternoon at seeing Twitter post From Trump to his supporters in who blamed it on Pence for Certificate not suspended.
Trump was pouring gasoline on The fire, Matthews said.
Security official Some said of Pence’s bodyguards started to panic for their own life. “There have been calls to say goodbye to them family Security members official He said. “The Vice President thought this was about to get really ugly.”
The attack on The Capitol led to many deaths. more than 850 people been accused with take part in Riots, with more From 325 guilty pleas to date.
near the end of Hearing, the Commission showed excerpt of Trump video made on January 7 eating what he called “the gruesome attackBut he refused to say in The speech that was the election over.
Trump at the end left Washington on January 20 instead of attending Biden’s inauguration that day.
Requested for his rating of Cipollone said riots in The certificate shown on Thursday it can not be justified in Which way. “she was wrong It was tragic and it was a terrible day for this country.”
