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heard he doesn t think they re doing anything wrong. the stunning details of an out of president, who wanted to join the mob. the president said something to the effect of, i am that i think president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. the president of the united states is chief of staff, his closest advisers, preparing for the violence, and then, trying to save themselves. i recall hearing the word, oath keepers. and hearing the word, proud boys, closer to the plan of the january 6th rally, with mr. giuliani s. white house chief of staff mark meadows, did he ever indicate that he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? yes, ma am. tonight, one of the members of the january 6th in ....
i think, i didn t care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. i remember him saying to the effect of, mark needs to do something more, literally calling the vice president and mark responded something to the effect of, you heard, he doesn t think they re doing anything wrong. the stunning details of an out of touch president, who wanted to join the mob. the president said something to the effect of, i am the effing think president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. the president of the united states, his chief of staff, his closest advisers, preparing for the violence, and then, trying to save themselves. i recall hearing the word, oath keepers. and hearing the word, proud boys, closer to the plan of the ....
And literally, a few feet from the oval office, and the oval office night in room, which we would soon learn is why she could overhear a commotion in that room, when the president through his lunch plate against the wall, and splattered the room with ketchup. it s also why later she was able to hear discussions from that same room, about the president s supporters, screaming about their desire to hand the vice president mike pence, and what president trump thought about that idea. that physical geometry, getting a sense of space itself, was also key to understanding that on the morning of january 6th, large crowds of trump supporters could see the presidents rally, could hear the presidents speech, not just from the ellipse itself, for the rally was formally staged, but from outside it as well. from vantage points for example, near the washington monument, where there were large crowds of trump supporters, and we re conveniently, those folks didn t need to go through metal detectors, o ....
He was absolutely sure that he would be fine if the bags were taken down, come in with your ar-15s, guys. i think we have 1 million more questions. this almost begins phase two of the committee s public hearings. nicole, in terms of what was described between cassidy hutchinson and the deputy white house chief of staff, the deputy white house chief of staff for operations, talking about security. him saying that he had briefed the president on the presence of weapons among the crowd. he had briefed white house chief of staff mark meadows. those interrelated communications, it sounds to me from the way you are talking about this, like those run true in terms of those lines of communications, and the way they happen. we also had stuff that was very much outside anything that you would plan for. bursts of presidential temper, the president during his lunch plate around. pulling tablecloths off of tables so that stuff went frying. valleys having to clean things, up not just in describing ....
Laid out. that ended up being a recurring helpful theme in today s hearing, in today s testimony. there was a key point today in understanding that today s witness had her desk, just outside the office of the white house chief of staff. and literally, a few feet from the oval office, and the oval office dining room, which we would soon learn is why she could overhear a commotion in that room, when the president threw his lunch plate against the wall, and splattered the room with ketchup. it s also why later she was able to hear discussions from that same room, about the president s supporters, screaming about their desire to hand the vice president mike pence, and what president trump thought about that idea. that physical geometry, getting a sense of space itself, was also key to understanding that on the morning of january 6th, large crowds of trump supporters could see the presidents rally, could hear the presidents speech, not just from the ellipse itself, for the rally was formall ....