the secret service make clear that the crowd outside the magnetometers was armed and the agents knew it. the secret service reported that thousands in the crowd near the washington monument would not enter the rally area because magnetometers used in screening attendees would have detect any prohibited items they carried. mr. trump knew this. the secret service had told him about it that morning. even in spite of the warnings, cassidy hutchison overheard the president say this shortly before he took stage. he wanted a full and he was angry that we were not letting people through with weapons.it the secret service team. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the infectes i don t f ing care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. take the f ing mags away.
the primaries in is because he wanted a full and was angry that we were not letting people come with knives and weapons. in the tenth, i was part of a conversation and in the vicinity of a conversation where i heard the president say something to the effect of, i don t effing care that they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me, take the effing mags away. let my people march in the capital from here, let my people in. take the effing mags away. just to be clear, miss hutchinson, is it clear that your understanding that president wanted the mark that s a fair assessment. the issue was not with the amount of space available in the official rally area only, but instead, that people did not want to go through the
the issue wasn t with the amount of space available and the official rally area only, but instead that people did not want to have to go through the max. let s listen to a portion of what you told us about that. in this particular instance, it wasn t a particular it was in the capacity of our space, it was the maxim people didn t want to come through. and that is what tony had been trying to relate to him that morning. you know, this is not the issue that we encountered on the campaign the space, they don t want to come in right now. they have weapons, but they don t want confiscated by the secret service. and there fine and concealing them all, they want to march straight to the capitol from the mall. the president apparently wanted all attendees inside the official rally space, and repeatedly said quote, they are not here to he hurt me. d just to be clear, so he was told again, in that
that was the most jaw-dropping. cassidy hutchinson describe the scene backstage at trump s rally, on the morning of january 6th, just before trump was to take the stage look at the crowd here. trump was apparently furious, because the space that was set aside for the rally was not full. and we all know how trump hates unflattering crowd size. ms. hutchinson told the investigators that trump s aides had been trying to tell [inaudible] all morning that the issue was not that people were not being laden, it was that a lot of people were refusing to enter the rally area because they were calorie carrying weapons. and to enter the rally space they would have to go through magnetometer s or mags, and have weapons confiscated. many who had gone into the rally area had already had all kinds of weapons confiscated, including pepper spray, knives, brass knuckles, body armor, gas masks and buttons. in this particular instance,
aides had been trying to tell[ him all morning, that the issue was not that people were not being laden, it was that a lot of people were refusing to enter the rally area because they were carrying weapons. and to enter the rally space they would have to go through magnetometers, or mags, and have weapons confiscated. many who had gone into the rally area had already had all kinds of weapons confiscated, including pepper spray, knives, brass knuckles, body armor, gas masks and buttons. in this particular instance, it wasn t the capacity of our space, it was the mags and the people that didn t want to come through. and that s where tony had been trying to relate to him that morning, it s not the issues of [inaudible] our we have enough space sir, they don t want to come in right now. they have weapons that they don t want confiscated by the secret service. and they are fine on the wall, they can see you on the mall, the want to march straight to