institutions held after the 2020 election. but that did not stop president trump. instead, he turned to his supporters, those who believed his lies about a stolen election. he summoned a crowd to the nation s capital on january 6th, hoping that they would pressure congress to do what he could not do on his own. select committee has made the following findings on this issue. two years ago today, in the early morning hours of december 19th, donald trump sent a tweet urging his supporters to travel to washington for a protest on january 6th. be there, will be wild, he tweeted. between december 19th and january 6th, the president repeatedly encouraged his supporters to come to washington. the president s december 19th tweet galvanized domestic violent extremists including members of the oath keepers, the proud boys, and organized militia groups. these individuals began
hoping that they would pressure congress to do what he could not do on his own. the select committee has made the following findings on this issue. two years ago today in the early morning hours of december 19th, donald trump sent a tweet urging his supporters to travel to washington for a protest on january 6th. be there, we ll be wild, he tweeted. between december 19th and january 6th, the president repeatedly encouraged his supporters to come to washington. the president s december 19th tweet galvanized domestic extremists, including members of the oath keepers, proud boys and organized militia groups. these individuals began organizing to come to the capitol in large numbers with the specific intent to use violence to disrupt the certification of the election during the joint session. prior to january 6th, fbi, secret service, u.s. capitol
0 very place we know for sure was right here, fascinating. a lot of people have told the life of jesus, it s a humbling and audacious task, this is different because we took you there. thanks for everybody watching. stay for special coverage of the january 6th select committee meeting right now. sandra: special coverage of the january 6th committee proceedings. in just moments the panel will announce criminal referrals to the justice department for prosecution during what is expected to be its final meeting in the investigation of last year s capitol riot. looks like it is just moments away now. welcome, everybody. sandra smith in new york. hello. john: good to begin another week with you. this meeting is set to begin at any moment, all nine members of the committee, seven democrats, two republicans will present portions of their findings after an investigation that lasted nearly 18 months. sandra: we have been getting some hints of what is to come, leading up to this moment. t
0 testimony from people we have not heard from before. it doesn t mean the justice department wasn t. but there was some evidence until they started remember, they started a year ago july that s right. long before justice was engaged january 6th. and we know they have spoken to more than a thousand witnesses. we don t know what the just department has said and done. they don t present it in the way congress does. it s very likely. and andrew made this point earlier, that the committee started sooner and may have moved more quickly. i have no doubt that the justice department, a, has much better tools, much more experience, and if they haven t caught up will not only catch up but exceed the work of the committee. all right. we should expect to see those double doors open any moment now with bennie thompson coming in, the committee behind him. again, we just have another couple weeks before this committee will be disbanded and a new congress is sworn in. frank, as we await this
cooperating with the committee. they re also extremely interested in what jones said to trump after his infamous december 19th tweet, where he told his supporters, be there. it will be wild. jones went on info wars that same day and called the tweet one of the most historic events in american history. we also note jones was in touch with people like roger stone and others who were staying at the willard hotel, which was sort of the home base for some of these schemes to overturn the results of the election. especially as the committee is pursuing further threads, trying to shed light on former president trump s ties to extremists and what exactly he knew about some of the planning taking place that day, jones texts could be very key evidence in that regard. yeah, jackie, as you say, alex jones could be a link between a lot of these pieces the committee is putting together, including his friend