told him he needed to be doing something more. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. mike pence deserves it. that s one of several new findings revealed yesterday. you may hear there was nothing new, but that s not the truth. cheney revealed multiple republican congressman, including gop representative scott perry, sought presidential pardons for their roles in trying to overturn the election. trump s attorney general bill barr told him, his claim the election was stolen was bs. ivanka trump testified she believed barr when he said that. and overnight a source close to former vice president pence told cnn that his team did not call the white house for help as the riots unfolded because they did not think the white house, that is the president, would help them. that s the vice president. capitol hill police officers who were attacked an
the capitol guard, the idea that he would urge them and would join them on going to the capitol tells you a little bit about what he hoped would happen january 6th. and that s pretty critical. it s also critical to understand what he how angry he was that he couldn t join his followers at the capitol. i mean, that also goes to state of mind. why was he so desperate to join a group of people, again, with firearms, with weapons, with them as he basically pressured his vice president not to accept the peaceful transfer of power and the legitimate election of joe biden as president? you know, neal, there was some conventional wisdom around the public hearings of the january 6th committee that they had all of the goods in terms of proving that trump, you know, any reasonable doubt, that they
trump administration who had this inside look on and around january 6th, and they talked about how trump was repeatedly told that his election fraud claims were baseless. and then there was brand-new video of the riot itself. it showed that enormous pro-trump mob as it moved methodically toward the capitol and broke into the capitol terrorizing capitol and metropolitan police officers in the process. so here s a glimpse at some of this video. it shows the minute by minute as this mob was movinged for the c toward the capitol. it shows the assault on the capitol guard police officers trying to guard the capitol and breaching the barricades, moving closer and closer. this is bird s-eye view we have never seen before from the security camera on top of the capitol that showed the movement, movement into the capitol and breaching the capitol. we heard the rioters actually announcing some of trump s tweets from outside on the capitol steps.
capitol guard. and house members as well. i mean members barricading themselves with police officers up against a door that entrance, that front entrance that the president always walks through for the state of the union and claiming they re just tourists hanging out. how do you work with those people? you know, i was 15 feet from that door as people were banging on it. you know, i think for each of us it s a little different, joe. everybody s going to be allowed the space that they need in order to move forward. you know, i try to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. i don t, you know, use their vote to not certify the election. it s not the end all or be all of my individual relationships with them. but i ll tell you, it does color a lot of the conversations and a lot of the work that we do. and for some of us, myself included, you know, we re not we can t get over that. we can t get past that. and it s hard.