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
pursuant to house regulation ten, the chair announces the committee s approval to release deposition material presented during this hearing. good afternoon. in our hearings over the previous weeks, the select committee has laid out the details of a multi part pressure campaign driven by the former president aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election and blocking the transfer of power. we have shown that this effort was based on a lie, a lie that the election was stolen, candid by why spread throughout of donald trump s big lie. in the weeks ahead, the committee will hold additional hearings about how donald trump summoned a mob of his supporters to washington, spurred them to march on the capitol and failed to take meaningful action to quell the violence as it was unfolding on january six. however, in recent days, the select committee has been paying new information, dealing with what was going on in the white house on january six and in the days pri
and a coworker with a crush. he was an odd character. always was very spoiled to. her very affectionate. she didn t. get everybody was a suspect. then a break and tips from other women who ve been targeted to. he wanted to get me in there. and i didn t budge. and all the bells were going on. i jumped in my car, i felt i dodged a bullet. the who was frightening, but the y was much worse. in my wildest dreams i never mentioned that day you certainly had your motive. yes we did. it was the afternoon of november 15th austin texas 4 pm. there was something ominous in the air. suddenly, the smell of it the familiar feel of it against the skin of the storm coming. something big. they did tell us on the news if you don t have to go out tonight don t. in the sky overhead turned dark by midnight in the afternoon. when it gets like that, it is pitch blackout. you have the fear of tornadoes. sure enough said the announcers on tv, twisters had been spotte
on january 6 and we heard from cassidy hutchinson. she s a 26-year-old former top aid to then white house chief of staff mark meadows. i ll play a lot of what she had to stay right now. i think it s important. if you didn t see it or think someone should see it, call them and let them know. we re playing it for you. it s important for the country to see. the world to see. listen to every word she had to say. because it s like nothing we have ever heard before about an american president insisting on joining his supporters headed to the capitol, supporters by the way armed with knives, guns, spears, and flag poles. i think the last time we talked you mentioned that some of the weapons that people had at the rally included flag poles, oversized sticks or flag poles. bear spray. is there anything else you recall hearing about that the people who gathered had? i recall tony and i having a conversation with mark, probably around 10:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. where i remember tony ment
heard he doesn t think they re doing anything wrong. the stunning details of an out of president, who wanted to join the mob. the president said something to the effect of, i am that i think president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. the president of the united states is chief of staff, his closest advisers, preparing for the violence, and then, trying to save themselves. i recall hearing the word, oath keepers. and hearing the word, proud boys, closer to the plan of the january 6th rally, with mr. giuliani s. white house chief of staff mark meadows, did he ever indicate that he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? yes, ma am. tonight, one of the members of the january 6th investig