aide cassidy hutchinson s explosive testimony to the house january 6th committee that donald trump knew many of his supporters brought weapons to the capitol and he did not care. trump was even pressing the secret service to get rid of the mags, the magnetometer s, that screened for weapons, so that all his supporters, including those armed, could join the rally. and we know that on january 6th, mike pence did not appear to trust the secret service and refused to leave the capitol with them. the vice president had refused to get into the car. the head of his circuit cvs detail, tim, had said, i assure you, we won t drive out of the building without your permission. the vice president said something to the effect, if tim, i know you, i trust you. you re not the one behind the wheel. he was determined that we would complete the work that we had set out to do that day that was in his constitutional duty.
involved here know the trouble is brewing. i want to play this for you guys. some of the officers said they would be coming they have not come in and they recently retain private counsel is unusual, but they have a right to do that. so we ll see. you saw the officers who retaining counsel, is that referring to ornado an angle? and the driver. and the driver? yeah. that is tony ornato for folks at home, donald trump s deputy chief of staff and a secret service senior official. and robert engel, donald trump s leading s and the driver of his little of that day. what are you expecting out of this investigation? look, there are three important things that we need to know. from the secret service officials that have really come up during these january six hearings. number one is trump s desire to remove the magnetometer s,
timing of this is very interesting, because that request was made on january 16th, 2021, just ten days after the insurrection on january 6th. jill, former mark meadows a catch scattered-y had sent who gave that bombshell testimony. she testified that the secret service might have seen something. let s take a quick listen here. i want to confirm that that is when you heard the president say the people with weapons were not there to hurt him, and that he wanted the secret service to remove the magnetometer s. he also told us about reports of violence and weapons that the secret service who are receiving on the night of january 5th and throughout the day on january 6th. is that correct? that is correct. the president said something to the effect of, i m the effing president. take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm.
gas mask, buttons, blunt weapons, and those were just from the people who chose to go through the security for the presidents event on the ellipse, not the several thousand members of the crowd who refused to go to the max and watched from the lawn near the washington monument. the select committee has learned about reports outside the magnetometer s and has obtained police radio transmissions identifying individuals with firearms, including ar-15s near the ellipse on the morning of january six. let s listen. the individuals entry, i white man, brown cowboy boots, blue jeans and blue jean jacket, underneath that blue jean jacket is a ar-15. about 5 to 8 other individuals,
on the night of january 5th and throughout the day on general six, is that correct? that is correct. there are reports that police in washington d.c. had arrested several people with firearms or ammunition, following a separate pro trump rally in freedom plaza on the evening of january 5th. i know some other reports that you recall hearing? about they are. of course, the world now knows that the people who attacked the capital on january six had many types of weapons. when a president speaks, the secret service typically requires people attending to pastor medical tech there s known as magnetometer s. the select committee has learned that people who willingly entered the enclosed area for president trump speech were screened so that they can attend the rally at the ellipse. they had weapons and other items confiscated. pepper spray, knives, brass nichols, tasers, body armor,