times, this is a relatively new development that was triggered by cassidy hutchinson s testimony last month. the times says a number of hutchinson s key assertion, including the idea that trump knew his supporters were armed and wanted to lead them to the capital, were new to investigators. quote, in conversations at the department the day after ms. hutchinson s appearance, some of which included deputy attorney general lisa monaco, officials talked about the pressure that the testimony created to scrutinize mr. trump s potential criminal liability and whether he intended to break the law. ms. hutchinson s disclosure seemed to have opened a path to broaching the most sensitive topic of all, mr. trump s own actions ahead of the attack. exploring the link between the former president and the extremists who traveled to d.c. on the 6th. axios has learned the committee has evidence that some pro trump groups were planning to come closer to the date of the inauguration but chang
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
fraud would have altered the outcome of the election. in other words, even rudy giuliani s own legal team knew before january 6th that they hadn t collected enough actual evidence to support any of their stolen election claims. here s what trump campaign senior adviser jason miller told the committee about some of the so-called evidence of fraud that the campaign had seen from the rudy giuliani team. do you know the examples of fraud numbers names and supporting evidence was that you sent to mo brooks office? i mean you or the campaign. there s some very, very general documents as far as the handful of dead people in several different states. here are explanations on a
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 lost and yet
laws be faithfully executed. that is one of the president s obligations, correct. yet president trump disregarded these court rulings and the counsel from his closest advisers and continued his efforts to cling to power. in our prior hearings, you have heard considerable testimony about president trump s attempts to corruptly pressure mike pence to refuse to count electoral votes, to corrupt the department of justice, to pressure state officials at the legislators and crete and submit fake electoral slates. now we ll show you what re actions president trump was taking between december 14 hadth, and january 6th. i yield to the gentleman from maryland. thank you. throughout our hearings, you heard how president trump made baseless claims that voting machines were being manipulated by foreign powers in the 2020 election. you have also heard bill barr describe such claims as complete