thank you, and i now recognize the gentlewoman from virginia. thank, you madam vice chair. article two from our constitution requires that the presidents where a very specific oath every four years. every president swears or affirms to faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of their ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. the president also assumes the constitutional duty to take care that our nations laws be faithfully executed. and as the commander-in-chief of our military. our hearings have shown, it the many ways in which president president trump tried to stop with the peaceful transfer of power in the days leading up to january 6th. with each step of his plan, he betrayed his oath of office and was derelict in his duty.
have additional questions for you about that afternoon. let me turn now to you, miss matthews, how did you come to join president trump s white house staff? thank you, madam vice chair. as you outlined, i ve been a lifelong republican and i joined the trump reelection campaign in june of 2019, i was one of the first communication staffers on board for his reelection campaign. and during that time, i traveled all around the country and met kayleigh mcenany, who is also working on his reelection campaign. i worked there for a year, and i formed a crew close relationship with miss megan any, and she moved over to the white house in april of 2020 to start as white house press secretary. and she brought over a group of campaign staff with her. so i joined her over at the white house in june of 2022 start as her deputy. and where you, miss matthews, at work in the white house on january 6th? yes, i was working out of
can you please briefly explain what your responsibilities were as deputy national security adviser to the president? thank you, madam vice chair. when i started at the white house, i was a senior director for asia on the national security council stuff, so that was a job that involved helping coordinate the presidents asia policy, i supported the president when he met, or interacted, with asian leaders. later, 2019, i was promoted to the job of deputy national security adviser, in that role, i was the chairman of the deputies committee. that s an nsc meeting of all the deputy cabinet secretaries, we would settle important matters of national policy, related to our national security. and we would also tee up options for the president and for his cabinet members. it was
from congress from, his own party, and from all across our nation, to do what his oath required. he refused to defend our nation and our constitution. he refused to do what every american president must. in the days after january 6th, almost no one of any political party would defend president trump s conduct, and no one should do so today. thank you, and i now recognize the gentlewoman from virginia. thank, you madam vice chair. article two from our constitution requires that the presidents where a very specific oath every four years. every president swears or affirms to faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of their ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. the president also assumes the
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