10 key takeaways from the second prime-time Jan. 6 hearing
What exactly was then-President Donald Trump doing for more than three hours on Jan. 6, 2021, while thousands of his supporters violently stormed the Capitol?
Trump ‘chose not to act’ on Jan. 6 Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol, led the questioning on Thursday night, with Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va. The hearing made the case that Trump betrayed his oath of office and was derelict in his duty on Jan. 6, 2021, by refusing to act while an armed and violent mob attacked the seat of Congress in his name. But Kinzinger used even stronger language.
What’s more, the committee revealed that the president knew about the attack on the Capitol within 15 minutes, but refused to act for more than three hours — which also led “15 minutes” to trend on Twitter. White House counsel Pat Cipollone says he told the president to make a public announcement for the rioters to leave the Capitol While Cipollone wouldn’t reveal specifics about what he spoke with Trump about, claiming executive privilege, he told the Jan. 6 committee in general terms that he was “pretty clear” with the president that he needed to make “an immediate and forceful response.
Members of Pence’s security detail reportedly feared for their lives and called to say goodbye to family A White House security official revealed that members of the vice president’s security detail feared for their lives as the insurrectionists breached the Capitol. He said some made personal calls over the radio, including “calls to say goodbye to family members … the VP detail thought that this was about to get very ugly.
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