and this is the breaking news michael just talked about. matter of fact, i ll get into this. criminal contempt is the breaking news. the committee breaking the news, votes to recommend criminal recomk r recommend contempt charges. we never heard anything like it. the committee reading out mark meadows actual text as violent trump supporters ran riot at the united states capitol on january 6th. you saw it. we all saw it. you know how bad it was. at first, this can t be happening and all the videos start coming. remember how you felt watching it live as it happened? we were shocked. we were horrified. we all knew it was violent. we knew it was wrong. we knew it was undemwas undemoc unamerican. this is the propeaganda fox network pretenlding it was a tourist i vevent. donald trump junior knew. despite what they pretend now, they knew. there is proof. they knew it was a brutal attack on the united states capitol. they saw exactly what was happening. they begged mark meadows to
republican members of congress privately testing the chief of staff, seeking help in stopping the siege, but so, too, were some of the president s favorite mouthpieces who, since january 6, are the least willing to talk about the reality of that day. in fact, i couldn t help but notice that their network didn t even carry live the events that i m now showing you. this witness must testify like 300 other witnesses before him have done, either voluntarily and proudly as a patriotic citizen, or at least under compulsion of subpoena by the congress of the united states. but he has no right anywhere in our constitutional system to defy a subpoena from the house of representatives. what we saw tonight was a committee making clear that even some of the biggest names in trump world knew what we all were watching unfold on january 6 was not just a protest. and many of the president s most public supporters were privately urging the white house to get the president to call off the
And the justice department. you had efforts taking place in the states. i mean, it was very comprehensive but a missing piece, what were the foot soldiers told they should do? i want to know. the answer probably lies in the war room at the willard hotel the night before. so file that away and we ll see what tranchtranspireds. thank you for watching. don lemon is in the on deck circle. we have one reaction to your show but that was a good one don t you remember watching? we weren t sure what was happening that day. we weren t sure what was happening was actually happening. the reality there was an insurrection happening at our nation s capitol in front of our eyes. sort of like what they said about september 11. it defied imagimagination. not something you expect to see in the united states. good to see you, great show. see you tomorrow. this is don lemon tonight