are a lot of questions the committee s looking into about why there were security failures, the things that could have been done in advance possibly to have stopped this attack. but once the attack was underway, there was really only one person in the world who had the ability to stop it, and that was donald trump. so, the question is, why didn t he do more to stop it? what was he doing during that 187 minutes? was he asked to do something more? and if he refused, why did he refuse? the 187 minutes is kind of looked at as bookends between when the breach of the capitol occurred and when donald trump finally issued that statement asking people to leave. but as that clip shows, even that request that people leave was not very strong. he said something to the effect of, we love you, you re special, and then asked them to leave. so, there are a lot of questions about why donald trump, who is the one person who had the ability to stop the attack didn t do more sooner. it was not a condemn
here it is. georgia republican party chair david shaeffer says they cast the votes just in case president trump s fulton county lawsuit contesting the election results prevails. in order for that lawsuit to remain viable, we were required to hold this meeting to preserve his rights. worth reiterating president biden won georgia by more than 10,000 votes legitimately. what else do we know about this effort? yeah, so this happened in seven different swing states where trump electors showed up, even though joe biden had won. we now know that this was absolutely directed by the campaign at the top levels, and you know, as that clip shows, once they got in the state capitol, at least in georgia, it was a fairly open process. they had news cameras in the room. david shaeffer as you mentioned gave that interview afterward, but this idea that they were told that they could not tell anyone about it in advance is really interesting.