that hide behind phony claims of privilege or hide because they feel that they can get away with it i think will be damned by history. we re ready to face threats of russian aggression because quite frankly, there is no choice. in light of the log progress the progress we ve together, we support them joining nato. pretty big win for president biden saying the enlargement of that i to is exactly the opposite of what president putin wanted to see. we begin with a remarkable string of revelations in washington. the committee investigating the january 6 riots has presented new damning testimony offering crucial details about president trump s actions in the lead up to and during the attack on the capitol. cassidy hutchinson, a former aide to mark meadows gave her account of the conversations inside the trump white house that day describing just how much trump and his aides knew about the riots and what trump did or didn t do to stop the violence unfolding that day. ryan n
about former president trump s actions in connection with the attack on the u.s. capitol. cassidy hutchinson, former aid to mark meadows, testified on tuesday. we learned a lot about some of donald trump s closest advisers and roles they played leading up to the capitol riot. hutchinson testified that trump was very interested to know what would happen on january 6 and he asked mark med des to call his close allies michael flynn and roger stone to see what they knew. both flynn and stone testified before the committee. here is a look at part of flynn s deposition. general flynn, do you believe the violence on january 6 was justified? can i get a clarification? is that horl qumoral question o deeper question? i m asking both. do you believe the violence on january 6 was justified morally? i take the fifth. do you believe the violence
the president something to the effect of i m the fing president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we re going back to the west wing, we re not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel. reporter: she detailed trump s insistence that he follow his supporters to the capitol on january 6 despite being told repeatedly it was dangerous and potentially illegal. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of please make sure that we didn t go up to the capitol, cassidy, keep in touch with me, we ll be charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. we had conversations about potentially obstructing justice or defrauding the electoral count. reporter: she outlined
trump s orbit. liz cheney did not provide any names but said that witnesses have described being contacted by trump allies attempting to influence their testimony. meanwhile house democrat adam schiff says he hopes hutchinson s testimony will give others the courage to speak out. it is amazing that here we are more than a year and a half since these icevents and things are coming to light for the first time. very serious and very damning evidence is coming to the forefront. it is because of courageous people like cassidy hutchinson, it does beg the question why other in the white house in more senior positions like pat cipollone are not willing to do the patriotic and courageous thing that some of those working in less senior positions have been willing to do. it is a pattern frankly we ve seen repeated over time. john bolden refusing to testify even though several of his sub
repeated examples of an unstable commander in chief who lashed out in anger often after losing the 2020 election like when he learned that attorney general william barr told the associated press there was no widespread voter fraud. there was ketchup dripping down the wall and shattered plate on the floor. the valet articulated that the president was extremely angry at the attorney general s a.p. interview and had thrown his lunch against the wall. reporter: sitting just doors away from the oval office, hutchinson was central to key moments leading up to january 6. meadows himself warned her. things might get real, real bad on january 6. reporter: she also made it clear white house officials knew about the vast array of weapons the crowd was carrying. i ve got three men walking down the street with ar-15s. reporter: including trump who said in a tent at the rally