explained how trump and his aids spread lies the election was stolen even though they knew they were false and delivered a message to those who still support trump. in our country we don t swear an oath to an individual or political party. we take our oath to defend the united states constitution. that oath must mean something. tonight, i say this to my republican colleagues, you are defending the indefensible. there will come a day when donald trump is gone. your dishonor will remain. the committee heard from capitol police officer edwards who was knocked unconscious by rioters. and played a 12 minute video showing the most violent scenes from the day . advised the capitol police need reinforcements inside. we re coming in. you back up! what really made me want to come was the fact that i had supported trump all that time, i did believe that the election was being stolen. and trump asked us to come. he personally asked for us to come to d.c. that day. and i thoug
landmark ruling earlier this year finding it was more likely than not that trump and a conservative lawyer committed a crime and strategizing to overturn the election. trump is not charged with a crime and denied any wrongdoing. he continues to down play his involvement and bashing the committee s work as another quote witch hunt. january 6th. what a lot of crap, it s another con job like russia. reporter: committee members say trump was car on his duty and republicans pleaded for trump to intervene and text messages to his white house chief of staff. i think mark meadows is the mvp for the committee. reporter: denver helped decode meadow s text among the 2300 messages obtained by cnn. donald trump junior texting he s got to condemn this shit asap. meadows responding, i am pushing it hard. i agree. it took trump over three hours to release this recorded video. so go home, we love you. you re very special. look at the totality of the evidence, it s pretty apparent