big gap before the president was going to be able to arrive. and so i wasn t even the one that was asked. it sounds like the january 6th committee has a lot more questions for him about what was going on at the willard. that s right, lawrence. if they were successful in the coup, he would be celebrated for his work, but now mr. eastman, like so many others, are distancing themselves. that s to be expected. but what he described there shows organization, premeditation, planning, a purposefulness in what they were doing, which leads me to believe that this was anything but some sort of impromptu, extemporaneous rally. this is something that for nearly two-and-a-half weeks donald trump had prepped his supporters for when he sent that 2:00 a.m. tweet saying, january 6th will be wild, and then spent $50 million all the way up to january 5 inviting, inciting and