I received the initial two shots and all of the boosters. So far, i have been blessed to experience very minimal symptoms. Because i am still quarantined, i cannot participate in person with my colleagues. I have asked the vice chair to provide preside over this in his hearings. Over the last month and a half, the select committee has told the story of a president who did everything in his power to overturn an election. He lied, he believed, he betrayed his oath. He tried to destroy our democratic institutions. When he heard that the mob was heavily armed and angry, he commanded the mob to go to the capital and he emphatically commanded the heavily armed mob to fight like hell. In the weeks before the election, donald trump was a force to be reckoned with. He glossed over the advice of his knowledgeable and printable advisors. Instead, he recklessly blazed a path of lawlessness and corruption, the cost of which democracy be damaged. Then he stopped. For 187 minutes on january 6, this m
With that tweet. So it just further cemented my decision to resign. Others agreed with your assessment of that tweet. Lets look at what they had to say. Who asked you about this tweet before it was sent . The president. Tell us about that conversation, everything that you said and he said to the best of your recollection. Sure. So he said what do you think of this . And i believe i saw the text or the on his phone. I remember saying to him, the wording on the first sentence i guess its one long sentence. But the wording on the first sentence would lead some to believe he had something potentially to do with the events that happened at the capitol. What did he say . I dont recall him saying anything in response to that. I believe that was the end of the conversation. Did he change anything in light of your comments . No, sir, he did not. What about this made you think that someone might perceive the president having a role in the violence at the capitol . It was my interpretation of the
The committee will be in order, i now recognize the gemma from illinois the gentleman from illinois. We left at the recess just after 2 24 attacking the Vice President. The president had been in his room his dining room for over an hour. If you have the power to end the violence, you would have immediately and forcefully have told the rioters to stop and leave. And you heard, that is exactly what his senior staff had been urging him to do. But he resisted. And he kept resisting for almost another two hours. In the meantime, all the president did was supposed to tweets. One at 2 38 and one at 3 13. One said, stay peaceful. One said, remain peaceful. But the president already knew that the mob was attacking the police. Ed had dated the pat and had invaded the capitol. He told them how obvious it was a President Trump was not meeting this moment. It is helpful to look at the realtime reactions of his own son, don jr. , captured in a series of Text Messages with mark meadows. I want to war
The committee will be in order, i now recognize the gemma from illinois the gentleman from illinois. We left at the by this time the president had been in his dining room for an hour. I want you to just think of what you would have done. Room hisr an hour. If you have the power to end the violence, you would have immediately and forcefully have told the rioters to stop and leave. And you heard, that is exactly what his senior staff had been urging him to do. But he resisted. And he kept resisting for almost another two hours. In the meantime, all the president did was supposed to tweets. One at 2 38 and one at 3 13. One said, stay peaceful. One said, remain peaceful. But the president already knew that the mob was attacking the police. Ed had dated the pat and had invaded the capitol. He told them how obvious it was a President Trump was not meeting this moment. It is helpful to look at the realtime reactions of his own son, don jr. , captured in a series of Text Messages with mark mea
The committee will be in order, i now recognize the gemma from illinois the gentleman from illinois. We left at the recess just after 2 24 attacking the Vice President. The president had been in his room his dining room for over an hour. If you have the power to end the violence, you would have immediately and forcefully have told the rioters to stop and leave. And you heard, that is exactly what his senior staff had been urging him to do. But he resisted. And he kept resisting for almost another two hours. In the meantime, all the president did was supposed to tweets. One at 2 38 and one at 3 13. One said, stay peaceful. One said, remain peaceful. But the president already knew that the mob was attacking the police. Ed had dated the pat and had invaded the capitol. He told them how obvious it was a President Trump was not meeting this moment. It is helpful to look at the realtime reactions of his own son, don jr. , captured in a series of Text Messages with mark meadows. I want to war