our democracy. joining me now is democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut. he s a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thank you so much for staying up late and being part of our special coverage tonight. let me broadly ask you sir if i can, your broad takeaways of this final hearing that we heard and overall the eight hearings that we witnessed? well thank you for having me a man. i think i was one of the last of the congressman out of the chambers on that day and remember the weapons that were drawn in the insurrection. i remember seeing them displayed out on the ground just outside the chamber as they reasserted control over the capitol. despite that, i will tell you that getting the full picture, how this was a comprehensive, detailed plan with all kinds of different aspects right? we re gonna call the secretaries of state of georgia and demand the precise number of votes to be found too i would let me win the election. setting up fake elector
good evening. earlier this week i received a positive covid diagnosis. pro cdc guidelines i have received the initial two shots and all of the boosters. thus far i have been blessed to experience very minimal symptoms. because i am still quarantined i cannot participate in person with my colleagues. i have asked vice chair miss cheney to preside over this evening s hearing, including maintaining order in the room and swearing in our witnesses. over the last month and a half, the select committee has told a story of a president who did everything in his power to overturn an election. he lied, he bullied, he betrayed his oath. he tried to destroy our democratic institutions. he summoned a mob to washington. afterward, on january 6th, when he knew that the assembled mob was heavily armed and angry, he commanded the mob to go to the capital, and he emphatically commanded the heavily armed mob to fight like hell. for the weeks between november election and january 6th, donald tr
prerequisite to win in the republican party, at least in a primary when you re asked, what do you think about 2020, they said, well, they may not say donald trump won but there are a lot of questions, it s important to have this conversation. notably, herschel walker a couple of days ago said joe biden was the elected president. maybe that was a slip of the tongue. you re talking about impeachment and all the reasons donald trump was impeached twice. nancy pelosi said this on capitol hill, 21 months ago. today in a bipartisan way, the house demonstrated that no one is above the law. not even the president of the united states, that donald trump is a clear and present danger to our country, and that once again, we honored our oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help us god. that s january 13th, 2021, exactly one week after the
senate. that was a very difficult party. flash forward to january 13th, 2021. a critical choice for cheney. voting to impeach then president donald trump. then the dominos started to fall. within a month, both the rnc and the republican party of wyoming voted to censure her. in may she was removed as the house gop conference chair. in september, former adviser to her campaign turned likely winner of today s primary, harriet hageman, got donald trump s stamp of approval. now the polls show cheney is far behind hageman. good to see you guys. you have both been reporting all over the state. give us your insights. what are you seeing and hearing
on multiple fronts before convening further hearings this september. today we know far more about the presidents plans and actions to overturn the election than almost all members of congress did when president trump was impeached on january 13th, 2021, or when he s tried by the senate in february of that year. 57 of 100 senators voted to convict president trump at that time. and more than 20 others said they were voting against conviction because the president s term had already expired. at the time the republican leader of the united states senate said this about donald trump. a mob was assaulting the capitol in his name. these criminals were carrying his banners, hanging his flags, and screaming their loyalty to him. it was obvious. only president trump could in this. he was the only one.