Donald trump is now the Presumptive Republican nominee for president. His only opponent in this race, former governor nikki haley, had vowed to stay in the race through super tuesday. And this morning after only winning the state of vermont and the city of washington, d. C. , nikki haley dropped out. Now, if there was anything truly significant about haleys campaign, it was the degree to which it was a symbol of the dissatisfaction for donald trump. Yes, nikki haley advocated about Theal Deficit but really the whe point of the project was to offer republicans an alternative to the guy with the orange blow out. So when nikki haley dropped out this morning the big question was who was she going to endorse . You might think this would be a moment the last Person Standing between donald trump and the take over of the gop wouldnt just tupitulate to donald trump. Maybe she wouldnt endorse joe biden, but couldnt she, wouldnt shet suggest her supporters didnt have to vote for trump, that there
violent actions. you ll also hear from stephen ayres who was directly influenced by president trump s tweet to travel to washington for a day he said would be wild. and there is immense pressure on the committee today in what could be a put up or shut up moment to prove to the nation that there is a direct link between former president donald trump and those extremists responsible for the chaos at the capitol. there s a lot of expectation on new video clips of former white house counsel pat cipollone from his nearly eight-hour deposition last week. what did he tell the committee about what he advised the president on and around january 6th, and what did he corroborate from the testimony of others, specifically cassidy hutchinson. ladies, listen, just to get us up to speed on what we have seen so far, there s been a number of hearings, a number of weeks between them, just to catch us all up. remember the first one started with him knowing that he lost, being told that he los
you know the story more than anyone else. i do believe you should come out in front of the american public specifically sometime today and lay out a specific plan. not to say that i m not happy were following. cap the promise but what is happening next? what would be the result that iran is implicated in this cowardly act? so mr. president you are on the timeclock. the late libyan leader accepted responsibility for the bombing and paid restitution to the victims families. but always denied organ the attacker and he is since deceased. and might come in 2020 about two years ago the attorney general announced charges on december 21, 2020 the 32nd anniversary. let there be no mistake, no amount of time or distance.
members of congress who amplified his unsupported assertions that the election had been stolen. in the weeks after the election, the white house coordinated closely with president trump s allies and congress to disseminate his false claims and encourage members of the public to fight the outcome on january 6th. we know that the president met with various members to discuss january 6th well before the joint session. the president s private schedule for december 21, 2020, shows a private meeting with republican members of congress. we know that vice president pence, chief of staff mark meadows, and rudy giuliani also attended that meeting. we obtained an email that was sent from congressman mo brooks of alabama to mark meadows setting up that meeting. the subject line is, white house meeting december 21st, regarding january 6th. in his email, congressman brooks explained that he had not asked anyone to join him in the january 6th effort.
another part of the strategy involves certain members of congress, the amplified his unsupported assertion that the election had been stolen. in the weeks after the election, the white house correlated closely with president trump s allies in congress to disseminate the false claims, and encourage members of the public to fight the outcome on january 6. we know the president met with various members to discuss january 6, well before the joint session. the private schedule for december 21, 2020, shows a private meeting with republican members of congress. we know the vice president pencil, chief of staff, mark meadows, and rudy giuliani attended that meeting. we obtained an email sent from congressman mo brooks to mark meadows, setting up the meeting. the subject line is, white house meeting, december 21, regarding january 6. in his