who were openly talking about stealing the election before the vote had even been counted. our north america editor sarah smith has this report. as a violent mob stormed the capitol trying to stop congress confirming confirming thejoe biden as president, elected members were rushed to safety, shown here on this previously unseen footage. at the same time, according to witnesses, donald trump was watching the violence on tv from inside the white house and refusing to tell his supporters to back down. they said somebody was shot. it s just horrendous and all at the instigation of the president of the united states. the committee has heard the violence was inflamed by a trump tweet accusing his vice president, mike pence, of cowardice for not helping him overturn the election.
the impact of that tweet was foreseeable and predictable. it further inflamed the mob and provoked them to even greater violence. the vice president only just escaped the mob, and then worked with democrats to get congress reconvened. the committee say donald trump demonstrated he did have control over this violent crowd when he eventually told his supporters to go home. he says go home. after months of investigation, this committee believes it has shown that what happened on january the 6th was deliberately orchestrated by donald trump himself as he tried illegally to cling onto power. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion, and every american is entitled to those answers, so we can act now to protect our republic. so, in a dramatic twist, the committee have voted to subpoena donald trump himself.