In case you missed it: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack reconvened today for its ninth day of hearings. Here are 6 takeaways from the hearing:
Here are six takeaways from what could be the final hearing before the committee issues its final report later this year:voted unanimously to subpoena TrumpThe vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, said 30 witnesses had invoked their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination after speaking with Trump. She listed Republican political operative Roger Stone, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Trump’s personal lawyer John Eastman and former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark.
Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist warned about an attack during a call in early January with White House national security staff. A Secret Service briefing Jan. 5, 2021, cited a number of arrests on weapons charges in Washington, D.C., including “multiple weapon offenses to include Carrying a handgun w/out a license, possessing a high capacity feeding device, and unregistered ammunition.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was walking in a hallway at 2:23 p.m. – soon after the mob breached the building – and talking on the phone. “We have got to finish the proceedings or else they will have a complete victory,” she said. Trump’s top advisers, including then-Attorney General Bill Barr and his White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, told him repeatedly he’d lost the 2020 election, but he continued to fight to overturn the results.Trump became angry after the Supreme Court halted his lawsuit challenging election results. Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide, testified that Trump was “raging” and “fired up” over the court loss.
“I conveyed to him that I thought it was time for him to acknowledge that President Biden had prevailed in the election,” said Scalia, the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.Roger Stone, the Republican political operative who is a Trump confidant, anticipated a close election in 2020, but said Trump would claim victory anyway.
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