Jan. 6 committee says irate Pres. Trump demanded to join, not call off mob
Rep. Liz Cheney said Donald Trump has attempted to contact a witness who was talking to the Jan. 6 committee. Jim Dolan has the details."I thought that Jan. 6 2021, was one of the darkest days in our nation's history," said former White House aide Sarah Matthews testifying before the panel."And President Trump was treating it as a celebratory occasion. So it just further cemented my decision to resign.
Earlier, an irate Trump demanded to be taken to the Capitol after his supporters had stormed the building, well aware of the deadly attack, but then returned to the White House and did nothing to call off the violence, despite appeals from family and close adviser,, witnesses testified. Pottinger said that when he saw Trump's tweet he immediately decided to resign, as did former White House aide Matthews, who said she was a lifelong Republican but could not go along with what was going on. She was the witness who called the tweet"pouring gasoline on the fire."
"And for hours, Donald Trump chose not to answer the pleas from Congress, from his own party and from all across our nation, to do what is required," she said.Ample evidence has emerged over the last year of what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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