Members of the House committee looking into the Capitol riot are categorically blaming Donald Trump for the violence, and they claim that on January 6, lawmakers would recommend measures to stop another one.
Democratic Representative Elaine Luria of Virginia stated, "President Trump did not then and does not now have the integrity or guts to speak to the American people what his own people know to be true." The statement came after the committee's Thursday night meeting came to an end. He was in charge of the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Additionally, Republican Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger, a fellow committee member, stated that "we as Americans must all agree on this, regardless of your party or your opinion of the election's outcome. Donald Trump's actions on January 6 were a flagrant breach of his oath of office and a blatant neglect of his responsibility to our country. A mark of our history, it.
Trump "made a willful choice to breach his oath of office, to disregard the continuous violence against law officers, jeopardizing our constitutional order," according to vice chair Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming.
In light of the fact that "the forces that Donald Trump ignited have not gone away," Kinzinger said it is crucial that the committee consider measures to avoid another Jan. 6.
Never-before-seen outtakes from a speech written for then-President Donald Trump on January 7, 2021, in which he was intended to declare that the election he lost to Joe Biden was over, have been shown by the House committee looking into the Capitol riot.
However, Trump can be seen in the video recoiling at the claim that the outcome of the 2020 election has already been determined.
Ivanka Trump was there in the group of supporters where the president was heard stating, "I don't want to say the election is over."
The omitted scenes depict a president who refused to concede defeat even hours after his followers forcibly entered the Capitol to try to halt the electoral vote in his name.
Trump is seen attempting to delete many sentences from the script that he felt were offensive.
In the retakes, Trump can be seen acting furious. He occasionally bangs his hand against the podium as he reads aloud from prepared statements, and Ivanka Trump and others can be overheard offering ideas.
In the hours and days following the Capitol riot, the Jan. 6 committee painted a picture of a disorganized and turbulent Trump White House. As a result of the attack and the president's response, Cabinet members and presidential assistants started to resign.
Matt Pottinger, the deputy national security advisor, testified at a live hearing on Thursday that he informed his boss, national security Robert O'Brien, that he would be resigning on January 6, 2021, but that he had agreed to stay on until O'Brien could come back to Washington. Pottinger claimed that he departed the White House for the final time the next morning, on January 7.
Pottinger testified that he stayed through the night because he didn't want to "leave his chair vacant" in order to transfer his responsibilities for national security to another employee the following day.
Pottinger expressed his worry that foreign foes will use the instability as a chance to put the United States to the test.
By giving credence to the idea that our political system is broken, he claimed, it had strengthened our adversaries.
A portion of a video message that was prepared for Donald Trump to deliver from the White House Rose Garden while protesters looted the Capitol was displayed by the Jan. 6 committee. In the script he was supposed to follow, he is heard saying: "I am requesting you to leave the Capitol Hill area NOW and go home in a peaceful fashion."
But that wasn't what the president actually said. Instead, he kept making unfounded accusations of voter fraud without denouncing the violence committed by his Washington-area followers.
Trump remarked, "Go home. I adore you. You are incredibly unique.
I understand how you feel, too.
The committee played the footage to demonstrate the ways in which the president departed from the script.
Deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews told the committee that while she was glad when Trump eventually instructed supporters to leave, she was equally appalled by the fact that he had continued to propagate the "lie" that the election was rigged.
"To me, his unwillingness to act and stop the mob that day and his refusal to denounce the violence was unjustifiable," the witness stated in court. Matthews chose to quit that day.
A text message exchange between Donald Trump Jr. and Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, during the Capitol riot has been made public by the Jan. 6 committee to demonstrate the pressure placed on the then-president to take action to stop the violence by a crowd of his fans.
The president's son pleaded with Meadows to take action to protect his father's legacy.
The younger Trump advised Meadows to "go to the mattresses" if she wanted the president to denounce the violence. That was a reference to a line from the film "The Godfather," according to Trump Jr., who explained to the committee in a videotaped statement, and it stood for going "all in" on anything.
Before Trump appealed asking the crowd to be peaceful, former White House press secretary Sarah Matthews testified about the procedure. There was back and forth, she claimed, using various words and expressions that he felt comfortable using.
Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter, reportedly suggested that the word "remain calm" be added to the statement, which prompted her father to issue one, according to Matthews.
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