santos. quoting from the congressman s statement, with the ongoing attention surrounding my personal and campaign financial investigations i have submitted a request to speaker mccarthy i be temporarily recused of committee assignments until i am cleared. he has been disowned by his own republican leadership for lying to them. he says he expects to be fully cleared. why you might ask does he think that? because, and these are his own words, i have nothing to hide. it wasn t even true when he said it. when asked which network he had done an interview with he refused to say. it was oan. he promised the interview would be fun and comprehensive. fun, we will leave it up to you. but in the 12-minute clip the network posted late today the congressman who lied about his religion, education, ancestors and career, criminal charges, athletic accomplishments and more was far from comprehensive. in those 12 minutes released he wasn t asked about specific lies and admitted none of that
behind the scenes. a specific meeting inside the white house is looming large. a meeting the committee says has been described to them as insane. a meeting that s preceded by hours, former president trump s tweet calling on supporters to be at a protest in jog on january 6th and that it would be wild. committee member jamie raskin who will lead today s hearing said when trump wrote this, he became the first president in american history to call for a protest against the peaceful transfer of power. committee says the hearing today will focus on how extremist groups were inspired by that tweet. how they mobilized in response, coming to washington that day. and also, what connections exist between trump s circle and these extremist groups. witnesses include rioter stephen ayres who talked about the civil war. and a former spokesperson for the oath keepers will also testify. we re also learning that the committee will reveal new information by members of congress to pressure fo