infamous insurrection. she drew on the front row seat to provide new damning details of the attempted coup. today, this was the sixth insurrection hearing. we tried to cover them precisely. the first hearing detailed violent crimes by many, though sometimes without clear causal links to trump. another hearing shows the liability of trump appointees and lawyers raising questions about donald trump s own role. other hearings featured republicans from pence s office at the state level and on this program we report how some parts of some of those hearings did fall short. those hearings all had in their own way very important material, but not every hearing has been a blockbuster when it comes to evidence. today s hearing delivered the evidence. firsthand smoking gun evidence on trump s mind and overt acts for violence in the attempted coup. let me repeat that reporting up front. proving crime requires proving the state of mind and overt action. today s hearing features and featur
general flynn, do you believe in the peaceful transition of power in the united states of america? the fifth. what does that mean? the fact that a former general can t even say he believes in a peaceful transfer of power is scary and alarming, and americans should be frightened by it. but the fact that this individual was in the former president s ear so much during this time period and over years is also equally alarming. but he wasn t the only conspiracy theorist in donald trump s ear. yeah. congressman, when this impromptu surprise hearing came through, it was different than any other hearing. until yesterday, the witness identity was secret. the statement put out online referred to recently obtained evidence that necessitated sudden rollout today.
something to seem urgent if the understood lying material could have been schedule in the normal procedure? this is a normal procedure. a hearing we noticed. from a process standpoint, the committee just wants to make sure we re doing our due diligence and we re not going to be guided by the congressional story alone. we want to tell this story and share it with the american public because there s so much at stake in protecting american democracy. that s the motivation behind the schedule. okay. appreciate you taking all the questions. it was certainly a newsworthy hearing new york question about that, sir. and a busy day for you. so congressman aguilar, thanks for making time. thanks, ari. absolutely. we re going fit in a break and then we have something huge. the man you see on your screen, the trump filmmaker just got hit with a subpoena down in georgia. we ll have his response. plus, the video surfacing of the fbi going at a coup mastermind. they put his thanes on his hea
ideas. this is a congressional investigative subpoena-backed process. it s already led to some indictments. so today, this hearing is about the actual evidence and record, which is new and damning, specifically regarding the former president. i remember looking at him saying, rudy, would you explain what s happening on the 6th. we re going to the capitol. it s going to be great. the president s going to be there. mark said something to the effect of, there s a lot going on, cass, but i don t know, things might get real, real bad. i recall tony and i having a conversation with mark mentioning knives, guns, in the forms of pistols and rifles. the individual is in a tree. he s got blue jeans and a blue jean jacket, and underneath the blue jean jacket, stock of an ar-15. bear spray, body armor, spears and flagpoles.
what was the most important new evidence in your view today? well, i don t think that there was it s tough to put my finger on one thing, but clearly in this hearing what was laid out very clearly by ms. hutchinson was that the president knew that this was going to be a violent attack. he and his top advisers knew there could be violence at the capitol and did nothing. not just during the 187 minutes while the attack was going on, but they knew that this mob was capable of this days in advance. yeah, congressman i m only jumping in to say the funny part of your job is you ve probably known much of this longer than everyone else, so we re actually asking to you predate your own mind. because it s new to the world as we ve emphasized in our coverage, he was saying before the rally, get the armed people in here, and i m going to go with them to the capitol. when did you first learn that, and what does that say about his liability? i think committee members