That was part of fake electors scheme, Rep. Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said Trump called her, along with John Eastman, who explained to McDaniel the need for the RNC to help Trump’s campaign gather “contingent electors” in case the results of any elections changed.6, the Secret Service noted some of the crowd was gathered outside a security perimeter at the rally and speculated “they have stuff that can’t come through? Would prob be an issue with this crowd.” White House security officials were “in a state of shock” about the idea of Trump walking from the rally to the Capitol, one official testified, because it meant the event was no longer a rally, but “this would move from a normal, democratic, public event into something else.”.
The committee showed footage of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer asking acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to get Trump to call off the rioters, as well as videos of Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence conferring on the state of the Capitol. “I thought he failed at a critical time to be the sort of leader that the nation needed.” Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said he was “stunned by the violence” as well as Trump’s “indifference” to it. 6 committee, and several did so related to questions about their “dealings with Donald Trump directly.” Liz Cheney said 30 individuals asserted their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in testimony before the Jan. Since the committee's last hearing in July, the legal landscape for one of the committee's key targets – Trump – has shifted significantly following the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Trump, his company and three of his adult children alleging fraud. OnPolitics: Get political news, fast and to the point, delivered to your inbox. Hearing day 8 recap: What we learned from the eighth Jan. 6 committee.Īnother wrote in a Secret Service chat, “Pulling up live-streams and watching the crazies.” “Calm before the storm,” one Secret Service agent texted another early that morning, according to evidence reviewed by the Jan. Stay in the conversation on politics: Sign up for the OnPolitics newsletter 6, 2021 warning each other of weapons spotted among supporters of Trump at a rally near the White House and the threat of violence at the Capitol, according to the committee, which held its ninth public hearing of the year. Secret Service members exchanged texts on the morning of Jan. 
Some of the former president's followers were armed, the committee said, including that the Secret Service knew before the attack that some in the crowd at Trump's rally had guns and other weapons. 6 attack voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump Thursday after a dramatic meeting where its members presented evidence that Trump incited the assault on the Capitol even though he knew he had lost the election. WASHINGTON – The House committee investigating the Jan.
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