cassidy hutchinson. her two hour blockbuster appearance before the january 6 committee included testimony that the former president and top aides were warned that some supporters at the elipse were armed with weapons like knives, guns, bear spray, tasers. hutchinson had a unique vantage point critical to conversations never revealed before yesterday. she said that trump grew irate that the security screenings on january 6 were apparently deterring his supporters, his armed supporters, from joining the crowd. so furious that he ordered his aides to have the metal de detectors removed. another leading reason, likely the primary reason, is because he wanted it full and he was angry that we weren t letting people through with weapons. i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t fing care that they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me, take it away. they are not here who hurt me. and she testified about trump s determination to join his su
and trusted insider in the trump white house delivered blockbuster testimony before the january 6th committee. painting a damning portrait of an unhinged trump before and during the capitol attack. she described a volatile and irate president who knew the crowd was armed and still wanted them to have access to the capitol. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t effing care that they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me. taking the effing mags away, let me people in, they can march the capitol from here. this morning you will hear from an array of attorneys including several former federal prosecutors who will explain why that exchange, the one you just heard there, puts the former president in a different legal category. and there s more. according to hutchinson s testimony former white house counsel pat cipollone warned about the criminal liability trump and others might face saying,
the headlines and we are talking in big letters. this is the big font spelling out the new possible legal jeopardy the former president trump finds himself in this morning. cassidy hutchinson a once loyal and trusted insider painting a damning portrait of a former president that was unhinged before and during the capitol attack. she describes a volatile and irate president who knew members of the crowd at his rally were armed and he still wanted them to march to the capitol. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t effing care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. take the effing mags away. let my people in, they can march the capitol from here. this morning you will hear from an array of attorneys including several former federal prosecutors who will explain the significance of that testimony. a kogd to hutchinson former white house counsel pat cipollone warned about the crimi
the attorney general s a.p. interview. and had thrown his lunch against the wall. literally calling for the vice president to be f ing hung. and mark had responded something to the effect of, you heard it, pat. he thinks mike deserves it. said something to the effect of, and very cheerily, mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood is going to be on your f hands. some of the most explosive moments from yesterday s sixth hearing on the capitol attack. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 29th. i m katty kay in for jonathan lemire. a former west wing aide delivered bomb shell testimony at yesterday s last-minute january 6th hearing. cassidy hutchinson testified that donald trump and chief of staff mark meadows ignored warnings about potential violence before the attack and did nothing to stop it once the attack was under way. according to hutchinson, trump knew there were weapons in the crowd. but during his spe
hearing. cassidy hutchinson testified that donald trump and chief of staff mark meadows ignored warnings about potential violence before the attack and did nothing to stop it once the attack was under way. according to hutchinson, trump knew there were weapons in the crowd but during his speech at the ellipse, still ordered his supporters to march to the capitol. and new details about efforts close to trump to intimidate witnesses who have cooperated in the congressional investigation. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, june 29th. it seems that history bends every day this week. mika, we, of course, had the supreme court decision last friday. and yesterday, had the most testimony on capitol hill since watergate, what was your takeaway? well from my perspective, it was revealed, exposed really that the men around trump are weak, feckless cowards who had this pathetic need to be close to a failed president. and they almost destroyed our democracy. and