as the longest, largest investigation into donald trump s attempt to stay president barrels toward conclusion, we put it all together. i ve got three men walking down the street in fatigues and carrying an ar-15. i heard saying something to the effect i don t care they have weapons, let my people in. new insight from witnesses. you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters, and just throw them out the window? was he asking you to commit a crime? it gets back to the criminal intent issue. i don t know what he believed. the unanswered questions. i feel like we don t know the full story on the proud boys and oath keepers. and what might lie ahead. the former president and his allies represent a clear and present danger to democracy. not because of what they did on january 6th. it s because of what they pledged to do in 2024. a cnn special report american coup, the january 6th investigation. i m a very textural artist. i love a lot of texture. in
president barrels toward conclusion, we put it all together. i got three men walking down a street carrying ar-15s. the explosive testimony. i heard the president say something to the effect of, i don t care that they have weapons. let me people in. new insight from witnesses. i said, you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters and just throw them out the window? was he asking you to commit a crime? i don t know what he believed. the unanswered questions. i feel like we don t know the full story on the proud boys about oath keepers. and what might lie ahead. the former president and his allies represent a clear and present danger to american democracy, not because of what they did on january 6th. you better run, cops! it s because of what they pledge to do in 2024. a cnn special report american coup, the january 6th investigation. in arizona, the republican speaker of the house rusty bowers is an artist by trade. last february, bowers wa
supporters to go home. trying to make the case that trump chose to allow his supporters to carry out that deadly assault on the capitol. on january 6th, when lives and our democracy hung in the balance. president trump refused to act because of his selfish desire to stay in power. president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes the between leaving the ellipse and telling them up to go home. he chose not to act. one of the committees key points, donald trump knew the capital was under siege 15 minutes after he left the rally. yet, made no effort to stop the violence. at 1:25, president trump went to the private dining room off the oval office. from 1:25 until 4:00 the president stayed in his dining room a hits connected to the oval office fire short hallway witnesses told us that on january 6th president trump sat in his usual spot at the head of the table facing a television hanging on the wall. it would take probably less than 60 seconds from the oval of
new information that is both urgent and important. the panel has not revealed any details publicly, but cnn has confirmed through sources that cassidy hutchhutchinson, who wa top aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows will testify today live. hutchinson is considered to be one of the panel s most consequential witnesses due to her proximity to the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, before and on january 6. hutchinson has been interviewed by the select committee at least three times before behind closed doors. clips from those recorded interviews were played during previous hearings. we saw cassidy hutchinson testify on many different parts of then president trump s efforts to overturn the election. remember, this was not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6, it was about various other trump schemes to undermine the democratic election. for example, hutchinson testified to the committee that mark meldadows and rudy giulian were involved in e
appearance. the sudden scheduling of the hearing suggests she will tell more than during her previous four taped depositions, clips of which were played last week, including the revelation that after the riot, a number of republican congress members had sought pardons from the white house. s had sought pardons from the white house. her boss, mark meadows, appears to be a central figure for the committee s investigation. first turning over his text messages, including the ones he received during the january 6 insurrection from top republican lawmakers, media figures and trump family members, like donald trump junior, marjorie taylor greene and a text chain between top trump white house officials including jared kushner. earlier this month, the department of justice declined to charge meadows on a context referral from the full house. it was made in december on the grounds that meadows abruptly changed course and refused to cooperate with the committee. andrea, this is a surp