'Think about what might happen in the final 15 days of your presidency if we don't do this,' Trump's advisers warned him, urging him to respond to January 6.
In Tuesday's documents, Cassidy testified that those closest to Trump used those fears to convince the former president to issue a statement responding to the attack on the Capitol.
Former President Donald Trump applauds while speaking at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 15. In the inset, former Vice President Mike Pence is seen onstage at the 2022 New York Times DealBook on November 30 in New York City. Evidence released by the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot has revealed that Trump's inner circle was concerned that Republicans would turn on him and hand over his presidential powers to Pence.
"There's already talk about invoking the 25th Amendment," Cassidy recalled them telling the former president."You need this as cover.", senior Trump adviser Eric Herschmann and former deputy counsel Pat Philbin were also among those urging Trump to say something.and Representatives Markwayne Mullin and Mike Johnson—reached out after the Capitol attack to ask how prepared the White House was for the invocation of the 25th Amendment.
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