entirety live even when he said this. and we fight. we fight like hell. and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country anymore. and so that is what his supporters did. and what was trump doing when all hell broke loose just like he called for? absolutely nothing. reporting from abc news this weekend veal new details that special counsel jack smith s team have uncovered about trum refusal to help stop the attack, as he sat watching tv inside the white house. sources said trump s former deputy chief of staff dan scavino told smith s inveigators as the violence began to escalate that day, trump was just n interested in doing more to stop it. sources also said former trump aide nick loona told federal investigators when trump was informed that vice president mike pence had to be rushed to a secure location, trump onde so at?
i will pay for the legal fees. will you unequivocally condemn david duke? i don t know anything about david duke. i m talking about david duke and the ku klux klan. i would like to punch him in the face. i said, please don t be too nice. we will root out the communist, marxist, fascist, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. you ll never take back our country with weakness, fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country anymore. go home, we love you. you re very special. that ending there is january 6th, those special people, some of them are now convicted seditionists. today s hearing was not about whether to find trump guilty. it was about whether there will be a trial for that purpose, and in this brazen, extreme,
was, going to the capitol and, they are finding the best route now . jake tapper: the chat log continues. military aid has confirmed that he wants to walk. they are begging him to reconsider. current route will be 15th to f, f to 6th, 6th to penn, penn to the capitol. so this is happening. speaker: there s millions of us here. don t let them lie to you. jake tapper: what was he going to do up there? maggie haberman: i think just lead his people, lead his base, be with his base. i don t think this was something that he had thought out too well other than he was acting like somebody who didn t think he had anything to lose. donald trump: all vice president pence has to do jake tapper: after more than an hour on stage, the president wrapped up his speech this way. donald trump: you fight like hell and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country anymore. so let s walk down pennsylvania avenue. i want to thank you all. god bless you and god bless america.
tony described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of, i m the effing president. take me up to the capitol now to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. adam kinzinger: it s a shocking story and we ve now heard from, at least a washington d.c. detective, something very similar. jake tapper: trump would return to the white house and watch his supporters heed his call to fight like hell. [indistinct shouting]
steve bannon: now we re on, as they say, the point of attack. sara murray: listen to what mr. bannon said that day after the first call he had with the president. steve bannon: all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. all i can say is strap in. speaker: they thought they could steal this election sara murray: and then he and donald trump talk again. now we don t know what the contents of those calls were because, of course, donald trump has not provided that information and steve bannon has not provided that information. [indistinct chanting] jake tapapper: the night of january 5th, you were among those summoned to the oval office. sarah matthews: yeah, so i was brought into the oval office that evening and the entire press team was assembled in there. speaker: the gates open just a few minutes ago. sarah matthews: the president had the door to the rose garden open, and you could hear the crowd on the ellipse already assembled and you could tell he was feeding off that energy and th