about mike pence, that served to whip up the crowd. one of the rioters read it aloud. watch this. you just heard that mike pence is not going to reject any fraudulent elector votes! you re a traitor! that s right. you heard it here first. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america! [ bleep ] you, mike pence. it was clear it was escalating and escalating quickly. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. so when that tweet, mike pence tweet, was sent out, i remember us saying that that was the last thing that needed to be tweeted at that moment. the situation was already bad. and so it felt like he was pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. the danger to pence was very real, and very close as we have now learned, that angry mob got about 40 feet away from the vice president. mr. jacob, you were there, seeing that for the first time, does it surprise you to see how close the mob was to the evacuation route that you took? 40 feet is a distance from me t
attorney john eastman and others, presented a clear and dangerous threat to american democracy. listen to this. had vice president pence obeyed the orders from his president, and the president of the united states of america, that declaration of donald trump as the next president would have plunged america into what i believe would have been tantamount to a revolution within a constitutional crisis. revolution within a constitutional crisis. the committee also revealing just how close to serious danger mike pence was on during the day of the insurrection. rioters coming within 40 feet of the former vice president. as the committee prepares to hold more hearings next week, it is also trying to speak to ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court court justice clarence thomas about her role in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. let s take you to capitol hill and lauren fox is there for us. what were the main takeaways from thursday s hearings? reporter: well
which has already brought hundred of charges in connection with the capitol assault do with the information the select committee has uncovered? and will these hearings generate the kind of political consensus that might be needed before the attorney general decides to aim as high as the select committee is already suggesting might be necessary? president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. you will also hear about plots to commit seditious conspiracy on january 6th, a crime defined in our laws as conspiring to overthrow, put down, or destroy by force the government of the united states or to oppose by force the authority thereof. when committee vice chair liz cheney said those words plot to commit seditious conspiracy while putting former president trump in a plot the implication was hard to miss. prior to the proceedings attorney general merrick garland said he intended to watch the hearings, and he apparently wasn t the only one.
what every prosecutor knows. you tell them what you are going to tell them. you tell them that and then you told them what you told them. but beware. the jury is going to have to keep ya honest and they will hold you accountable. that s why, for so many, you underpromise, and then you over deliver which leads you right to that moment when you have more than satisfied your burden of proof. there is no room for any recommend doubt. well, last night as hearing was that tell em what you are going to tell em part. the testimony of pom prominent figures relevant not just because of their proximity to then-president trump but also the role they played within the government. maybe, as a member of congress or a white house aide or maybe they were playing the role of lawyer in a courtroom, trying to convince a judge of a big lie. i wonder if it surprised any of you from one-time trump loyalist like former-attorney general bill barr. calling trump s stolen election lie, quote, bullshi
barr s statement that the department found no fraud sufficient to overturn the election. how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he said, was saying. but the committee is making it clear this is not just about what happened on january 6th, or in the days leading up to it. it s about a clear and present danger to our democracy and what could happen in the next election. we ve got a lot to talk in the coming hours here on cnn. here with me, so glad you could join. first manu and ryan in washington on capitol hill with the latest on this. gentlemen, good evening. ryan, you first. stunning first night here. shocking new video. emotional live testimony. taped testimony from people close to the former president and the january 6th committee making the case that the former president, donald trump, was at the center. tell us more about