january six insurrection took direct aim at former president donald trump for his role in inciting the events of the day. the prime time televised hearing paid into a picture of a president who at best was unmoved by the chaos he helped create. at worst, was intent on capitalizing on the arrest we, unrest, to overturn the 2020 election. [inaudible] multiple members of congress requested pardons from trump after the sixth. i was one of the first to call after that day a coup. the house select committee has only confirmed my suspicions. unfortunately, many of the americans who most need to hear the truth about what happened in the tumultuous final days of the trump presidency, remain in the dark. many of the largest conservative media outlets have chosen to play down or completely ignore the select committee s important work. joining me now, congresswoman robbyn kelly, democrat of illinois, who sits on the house oversight and reform committee. congresswoman, thank you for joini
revealing that the capitol attack was farm of former president trump s plans, not just a rally that got out of control. as chairman bennie thompson put it, quote, the violence was no accident. i represented trump s last stand, the most desperate chance to hold the transfer of power. officials testified that they informed trump repeatedly that he lost. former ag bill barr called bs on trump s election conspiracies. according to the committee i had three discussions with the president that i can recall, one in november 23rd, one was on december 1st and one was on december 14th. i have been thoroughly give and take out those discussions and within that context, i made it clear that i did not agree with the idea that saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff. i told him that it was according to the committee however, trump continued to meet with rudy giuliani and other election deniers. on december 18th, 2020, they talked about sending troops to seize voti
chilling conspiracy to remain in power. an intentional scheme that played out in seven different way, one that culminates in an attempted coup. all americans should keep in mind this fact. on the morning of january 6, president trump s intention was to remain president of the united states despite the lawful outcome of the 2020 election and in violation of his constitutional obligation to relinquish power. over multiple months donald trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power. it is a bold claim she is making. the question now is whether the panel has the evidence to prove a direct line from the white house to the carnage and chaos we saw on january 6. what we do know is that some of those closest to trump knew that the election was not stolen. those were lies. the committee played deposition testimony from trump staff and even members of his own family including his da
now the police chief insists he didn t hesitate even as his officers waited more than an hour to breach the classroom. is it an understandable reset or moral outrage. we begin with the january 6th committee s big moment. the story as detailed by the committee is as straightforward as it is incriminating. donald trump was at the heart beat of a sprawling conspiracy to steal the presidency. that for the jarring 11 minute compilation of footage. much of it new. one new piece of the evidence. there s more. a lot more. the committee promised as it used last night s prime time kickoff to provide the road map of what it calls a coup amonth. they said it was a month long plot and the power is that the evidence and the key details are from trump insiders, including top aides, even family members. the committee chairman bennie thompson told us on cnn last night, we ll soon see proof of conversations between trump s people and the extremists who led the capital assault. are ther
so i accepted what he was saying. mr. meadows was asking me what i was finding, if i was finding anything and i remember sharing with him that we weren t finding anything. what was mr. meadows reaction to that information? i believe the words he used were so there s no there there? good morning, i m andrea mitchell in washington. joined by katy tur and hallie jackson for our special msnbc coverage, taking you through all the new facts, stunning new videos and compelling testimony from the january 6th committee s first primetime hearing on thursday night. and looking forward to what we have in store in the coming weeks. among the major questions that we will be tackling, what evidence will the committee provide in subsequent hearings to place former president donald trump at the center of an attempted coup. allegedly using radical groups like the proud boys and oath keepers, whose leaders have been both been charged with seditious conspiracy to try to overthrow our go