hutchinson, a former top aide to trump chief of staff mark meadows. it was made clear that trump knew the dangers that existed on the day of the insurrection. hutchinson testified that she heard the names of the extremist groups the oath keepers and the proud boys brought up during planning meetings for the january 6th rally. quote, when mr. giuliani would be around. and she said the justice department s national security division warned that some maga supporters were going to try to, quote, occupy federal buildings and invade the capitol building. most alarming, trump was made aware the very morning of january 6th that many of those at his rally were carrying an array of dangerous weapons. i remember tony mentioning knives, guns in the form of pistols and rifles. bear spray, spears and flag poles. despite having all that
to hang on to power, no matter the cost. this is what was revealed in bombshell tome by cassidy hutchinson, a former top aide to mark meadows. it was made clear that trump knew the dangers that existed on the day of the insurrection. hutchinson testified she heard the names of the extremist groups the oath keepers and the proud boys brought up during planning meetings for the january 6th rally. quote, when mr. giuliani would be around. and she said the justice department s national security division warned that some maga supporters were going to try to, quote, occupy federal buildings and invade the capitol building. most alarming, trump was made aware the very morning of january 6th that many of those at his rally were carrying an array of dangerous weapons. i remember tony mentioning knives, guns, in the form of pistols and rifles, bear spray,
any more events than we have. i think the committee can work around these two guys, i really do. let me ask you this, do you worry that trump and some of his top aides like mark meadows are going to be let off the hook for all of this? meadows was the chief of staff to the president. he s intimately involved in planning meetings at the white house with members of congress. he s on the phone with ra raffensperger in georgia, the secretary of state trying to change the outcome of the election down there, and he s not going to feel the heat of a congressional hearing. what i m really worried about is the trump white house is on a crime spree for four years, and no one in law enforcement seems to be very upset about it. maybe i m told by people, the attorney general is a very diligent, very thorough man and that he s working through this on his own time schedule. i ve got to trust the president s judgment in picking attorney general garland, and i got to trust that attorney general gar
and steve bannon. i think it makes sense where they landed on this. and on january 5th of this year, attorney general merrick garland had a message for the january 6th perpetrators. let s watch. the justice department remains committed to holding all january 6th perpetrators at any level accountable under law, whether they were present this day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy. otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy. it sounds like he s talking about people who did not storm the capitol that day and is declining to prosecute meadows and scavino a signal to former trump administration officials or future administration officials. i mean, look what mark meadows did, intimately involved in, he s planning meetings at the white house, on the phone, you know, strong arming brad raffensperger, the georgia secretary of state along with donald trump and he s not he
they were all asked voluntarily. they refused. he had conversations with donald trump and others at the white house. congressman andy biggs of arizona, the committee wants to hear about his discussions in the white house. congressman jim jordan, staunch ally of president trump, he spoke to trump that day also in planning meetings. and congressman scott perry of pennsylvania. his text messages to mark meadows really show pushing conspiracy theories. he s also considered to be the person who was pushing the white house to make jeff clark acting attorney general to help overturn the election. these are all firsthand fact witnesses who know trump s state of mind. the planning that was going on and talked to him throughout. do we know why it took so long to issue these subpoenas to