stand down, leave the capitol and disperse. for stand down, leave the capitol and disperse. and disperse. for multiple hours, and disperse. for multiple hours. he and disperse. for multiple hours, he would and disperse. for multiple hours, he would not. - and disperse. for multiple l hours, he would not. donald trump would not get on the phone and order the military or law enforcement agencies to help. and for hours, donald trump chose not to answer the pleas from congress, from his own party, and from all across our nation, to do what his oath required. he refused to defend our nation and our constitution. he refused to do what every american president must. in the days afterjanuary 6th, almost no one of any political party defended his conduct, and no one should do so today. thank you and i now recognise the from virginia. thank you, madam vice chair. article thank you, madam vice chair. article two of our constitution requires article two of our constitution requires the pr
hearings, we have received new evidence, and new witnesses have bravely stepped forward. efforts to litigate and overcome immunity and executive privilege claims have been successful, and those continue. doors have opened, new subpoenas have been issued, and the dam has begun to break. and now, even as we conduct our ninth hearing, we have considerably more to do. we have thoughts to share with the american people. our committee will spend august pursuing emerging information on multiple fronts before convening for further hearings in september. today we know more about the president s plans and actions to overturn the election than almost all members of congress did when president trump was impeached onjanuary and 13th 2021 or when he was tried by the senate in february of that year. 57
the gentleman from illinois, mr kinzinger. the gentleman from illinois, mr kinzinaer. ~ ., kinzinger. one week from the attack, kinzinger. one week from the attack. mccarthy kinzinger. one week from the | attack, mccarthy acknowledge the simple truth. president trump should have acted immediately to stop the violence. in our investigation, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff also remarked on the president s failure to act. was he what they had to say. act. was he what they had to sa . . . act. was he what they had to sa . , , , ., , say. the president bears responsibility say. the president bears responsibility for - say. the president bears - responsibility for wednesdays attack responsibility for wednesdays attack on responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress by - responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress by mob i attack on congress by mob rioters attack on congress by mob rioters he attack on congress
ofjustice to aid his scheme. but by january 6th, none of that had worked. only one thing was succeeding on the afternoon of january 6th. only one was succeeding on the afternoon ofjanuary 6th. only one thing was achieving president trump s goal. the angry armed mob president trump sent to the capitol broke through security, invaded the capitol and forced the vote counting to stop. the mob was violent and destructive, and many came armed. as you will hear, secret service agents protecting the vice president were exceptionally concerned about his safety and their own. republican leader kevin mccarthy was scared. as were others in congress. those who themselves. inaudible. as you will see, president trump s white house staff, members of his own family, they begged him to intervene to condemn the violence and instruct his supporters to
into the press briefing room, where cameras were anxiously and desperately waiting to carry and desperately waiting to carry his message to the armed and violent mob savagely beating and killing law enforcement officers in the capitol. enforcement officers in the capitol, and hunting down the vice president and various members of congress. he could not be members of congress. he could not be moved. this evening, my colleagues not be moved. this evening, my colleagues adam kinzinger and elaine colleagues adam kinzinger and elaine luria will take you inside elaine luria will take you inside the white house during those inside the white house during those 187 minutes. we also remind those 187 minutes. we also remind you of what was happening at the capitol, minute happening at the capitol, minute by minute, as the vioieht minute by minute, as the violent and tragic part of donald violent and tragic part of donald trump s scheme to cling to power donald trump s scheme