members in the white house recognised that a serious situation was under way at the capitol. personally i recall doing evacuated from the house office building where we were sitting before this time due to the discovery of two pipe bombs in nearby buildings. ms matthews, around the same time you were watching the violence unfold on television and social media, with colleagues, including with ben williamson, a senior aide to mark meadows and the acting director of communications. you told us that before president trump sent his next tweet at 2:24, mr williams went to see mr meadows and you went up to see kayleigh mcenany. why did you do that? we were watching the coverage unfold we were watching the coverage unfold from one of the officers in the unfold from one of the officers in the west wing and we both recognise that the situation was recognise that the situation was escalating and escalating quickly was escalating and escalating quickly and that the president needed quickl
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evidence you will see today. lawlessness and violence began at the capitol before 1pm and continued until well after darkness fell. what exactly was our commander in chief doing during the hours of violence? today we address precisely this issue. everything you have heard in these hearings will help you understand president trump s motives during the violence. you already know donald trump s goal. to halt or delay congress official proceedings to count certified electoral votes. we know he tried to pressure his vice president to illegally reject votes and delay the proceedings. we know he tried to convince officials and legislators to flip their electoral votes from biden to trump. and we know donald trump tried to corrupt the department ofjustice to aid his scheme. but byjanuary 6th,