president while the violence was under way on january 6th. this information bears directly on president trump s state of mind during the january 6th attack as the violence was under way. the select committee is aware that notwithstanding the unacceptable violence that day, you nevertheless agreed to support continued objections to the electoral votes from multiple states. late in the evening of january 6th and into the morning of january 7th. the select committee wishes to question you regarding communications you may have had with president trump, president trump s legal team, representative jim jordan, and others at the time on that topic. congressman jim jordan, really. quote, it also appears that you may have discussed with president trump the potential that he would face a censure resolution, impeachment, or removal from office under the 25th amendment. you may have identified other possible options, including his immediate resignation from office. relatedly, the select committee
will have on the midterms. midterms for first time presidents tend to go poorly. there is rare exceptions to that. given the state not of the economy but of the pandemic, i think it s really difficult to expect significant democratic gains if not to avoid big losses. so i think all the tools are 100% correct but i don t know if it will make a difference in 2022. i wonder, julian, do you see this president as working so hard to be optimistic that perhaps it s undermining his messaging too, because americans are feeling the pinch of so much, whether it be, you know, inflation or covid, and this white house likes to be as optimistic and hopeful as possible, but is it time that this president or this administration i guess maybe get more real, you know, really kind
immediate resignation from office. relatedly, the select committee is concerned about the potential for continued violence after january 6th provoked by president trump s false claims that the election was stolen. the committee is aware of communications among white house staff and president trump supporters regarding the potential for further violence. for example, and this is new today, fox news host laura ingraham texted white house chief of staff mark meadows on january 12th, 2021. quote, remarks on camera discouraging protest at state capitols, especially with weapons, will be well advised given how hot the situation is. again, that text reportedly from a fox news host to the white house chief of staff. the committee continues, quote, during this same time period, you shared this concern about the president s stolen election claims with your local news organization saying, quote, it s raising the ability for greater violence. the letter goes on to ask congressman kevin mccarthy to
now, hasn t opened any kind of investigation. i think sort of relatedly just because we are talking about former president trump there is a lot of pressure on the justice department to investigate him for all manner of things. i think most notably that would be his comments on january 6th, his efforts to overturn the election, and you are right that there has been a lot of frustration generally on that that the justice department isn t going right at members of his inner circle to learn details about the pressure campaign or details about his sort of attitude or involvement with regard to his speech on january 6th. so those are kind of two separate things, the archives matter and then all of these other things, but they re of a point which is that many people in the public, particularly on the left, are frustrated that the justice department just has been unwilling to investigate directly and aggressively the former president. katty, there are two pieces jeremy, is that what
specifically 20 ah-64 helicopters from germany, again to the baltic region. and attack aviation task force which is 12 ah-64 helicopters. will move from greece to poland. the additional personnel are being repositioned to assure nato allies, deter any potential aggression against nato member states and train with host nation forces. and, of course, they ll report continue to report to general to wolters. these moves are temporary. i want to stress that, temporary in nature, they are part of the more than 90,000 u.s. troops already in europe, both there on rotational as well as permanent orders. of course, as you know, u.s. maintains significant numbers of combat capable forces in europe. relatedly, europe and africa