about trump, once he heard that, he thought, oh, that would look pretty bad. there is an exception to it. if i m wrong here. you don t have to have him saying, i intend for people to then do x, y, nz. you have to have a good faith belief that, actually, what you re doing is not violating the law. he s told at every juncture that what he s doing will violate the law, undermine the constitution, harmed the institutions as we know it. as you just articulate it. and so all these no sense, it s all showing you that he absolutely was aware that this is not what was the mood at the white house around this time? so i left december 4th, and at that time, i kind of had a sense that s were heading the wrong way. i openly said that. but i was struck by the sheer desperation in these final weeks. i mean, the unfounded, baseless, just crazy conspiracy theories that were being promoted by sitting members of congress, and then being raised to the, you know, acting
faith belief that what you re doing is not violating the law. he was even told at every juncture that what he s doing all these notions, it s all showing you that he absolutely was aware that this was not what was the mood at the white house around this time? so i left december 4th, and at that time i kind of had a sense that things were heading the wrong way. i openly said that. but i was struck by the sheer desperation in these final weeks. i mean the unfounded, baseless, just crazy conspiracy theories that were being promoted by sitting members of congress and then being raised to the acting secretary of defense. it shows a president unwilling to give up power and desperate for any effort that he can pursue. but also those around him just going along with it. today was by far the most damning hearing. i m shocked to even think of what future hearings might include based on what we saw today. the hearing just the other day was very emotional, and it
it is irrefutable that he wanted those forces there, but let s put it this way, they might not have not even needed the forces if they followed the normal police preparation that police departments like nypd, the secret service, know how to do. his police force had a half billion dollars, all they had to do is protect the 1 mile square area. they were ill-prepared. the basics of security went out the window and it s because of their leadership. they have political leaders, not security leaders. sean: it s on just the news.com if you want to read the report. cash, let me go to you. as you told us last night, testified before the january 6th committee. i have you, the acting secretary of defense, was on with you last night, mark meadows, the president himself, before review and general milley had a meeting on january 4th. at that meeting, all four of you have confirmed to me that in fact president trump as required by law, authorized up to 20,000
next few weeks. it is irrefutable that he wanted those forces there., but let s put it this way they might not have not even needed the force if they followed the normal police preparation that police departments like nypd, the secret service know how to do this police force had a half billion dollars. all they had to do is to protect a one mile square area. they were ill prepared. the basics of security went outb the window and it sec because of their leadership. they have political leaders, not security leaders. it s on j it s unjust. just news.com. if youne want to read the full report cache, let me go to you. as you told us last night, you testified before the january six committee. i have you the acting secretary of defense who was with youni last nightgh, mark meadows, the president himself, the four of you and general milley had a meeting on january 4th at that meeting. all four of you have confirmeded to me that in fact president trump, as required by law authorized to twenty t
secretaries of defense mccarthy kept saying, it s hard and it takes time, i need to talk to my boss and i haven t had a chance to go see him. there was really a delay. then by the time we spoke to the acting secretary of defense, it was like, well, we re going to do this or that. did it make sense to you? no, it made no sense at all. it is hard to activate the national guard. you have to start early. they said they had the authority here but they didn t have the permission to exercise it. is that why you think the january 6 commission is so important, to find out exactly what happened one year ago today here? the facts and the whole thing, to set up what happened before, what happened during. that s very important. and what s happening after. so it s the before, during and the after. but the fact is that the presence of the national guard earlier, you would have had a different story to tell. did you call the white house