we re learning that person is matthew pottinger. and he is set to testify, apparently this coming thursday. he served on then-president trump s national security council. but he decided to resign in the middle of the riot. one of my staff brought me a printout of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didn t have the courage to do what should have been done. i i read that tweet and made a decision at that moment to resign. that s where i knew i was leaving that day once i read that tweet. a reminder of what that tweet said, quote, mike pence didn t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution, unquote. when trump was out of sight from the public during the riot, of course, he had time to slam his on vp on twitter and did nothing to lower the temperature anywhere across this country, let alone at the capitol. and for all the hours and hours and hours of vid
and if you re just tuning in to cnn i have to tell you about betty thompson, the committee chair. he says that the january six committee has decided whether to subpoena mike pence or trying to call donald trump to testify. watch this? i think we would benefit from that testimony. they both have, i would think, significant knowledge about what goes on. but we have a committee. and we will work through the process. plus, first of cnn, multiple sources say a former trump national security council official will not testify, publicly, and thursday s primetime hearing. matthew pottinger resigned on january six after trump s tweet slamming his own vice president for refusing to overturn the election. one of my staff brought me a print out of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something obvious to the effect of mike pence, the vice president didn t have the courage to do what s should have been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment. to resign. th
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