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Thompson opens "season finale" of #January6thHearing by talking about all the ways Trump was alerted it was over, but didn't act for 187 minutes on Jan 6 as his supporters sacked the Capitol

"there can be no doubt that he commanded the mob, a mob he knew was armed, violent and angry, to march on the Capitol to try and prevent the peaceful transfer of power," Thompson says. "There needs to be accountability"

Thompson, and other members, keep coming back Judge Carter comment in Eastman case that their effort was a "coup in search of a legal theory"

Cheney up now wishing Thompson a speedy recovery and thanking him for expert leadership

"Efforts to litigate ... have been successful ... the dam has begun to break" Cheney says. "Now, as we conduct our 9th hearing, we have considerably more to do."

Committee will spend August investigating and return for more hearings in September, Cheney says

"Secret Service agents protecting the vice president were exceptionally concerned about the vp safety and their own," Cheney says.

"he refused to defend our nation and our constitution, he refused to do what every president must," Cheney says.

Luria opens by citing the oath of office, to "preserve and protect the Constitution"

"he betrayed his oath of office and was derelict in his duty," Luria says

Luria says Trump instructed crowd, which he knew was armed, to march to the Capitol

Luria starts the 187 minutes with clip of Trump saying, "so, let's walk down Pennsylvania Ave" at 110p on Jan 6

"The former president chose not to do what all those people begged ... until 417p," Luria says

"I know how you feel, but go home in peace," Trump says in clip

"This hearing is principally about what happened in the White House that afternoon," Luria says. She says that Trump spent the three hours in the WH dining room watching the insurrection on TV

"President Trump refused to act bc of his selfish desire to stay in power," Luria says

Kinzinger opens w Milley questioning why Trump never acted

"The mob was accomplishing president trump’s purpose … President did not fail to act … he chose not to act," Kinzinger says.

Pottinger and Matthews sworn in

Pottinger opens by noting he was "proud of President Trump's foreign policy accomplishments" and proud then and now to work in the WH

Pottinger says he was in the WH for most of Jan 6

Matthews opens saying she formed a close relationship w/ Kayleigh McEnany

Matthews says she was working at the White House on Jan 6

Luria cites "security official" who said WH was aware of weapons in crowd on Jan 6

Security official says they knew if Trump went to Capitol the march would turn into a insurrection or coup

Luria walking through confirmation of Hutchinson account of Trump outrage in motorcade on Jan 6

says that Engel did not refute Ornato account to Hutchinson

DC Police Robinson says he heard the radio traffic of Trump's outrage and that he ehard the report of protesters in trees armed ahead of insurrection

"Secret service witnesses have now retained private counsel," Luria says

Luria shows Trump still wearing overcoat in WH still 15 minutes after leaving stage

Luria walks through Trump walling himself away in the dining room, even denying WH fotog requests to photo him

"trump wasn't calling law enforcement or military, what was he doing? ... he was calling senators to urge them to delay or reject certification" Luria says

Luria cites missing call logs and that Trump was calling senators in that time and that he was on phone w/ Giuliani in that time, which they know from Giuliani phone records

When police were declaring a riot, Trump tweeted a link to his Jan 6 speech, Luria says

"the next action Trump took was to tweet," Kinzinger says, of 224p tweet

Cipollone testifies that he spent 2 hours pushing Trump to call off the mob

Cipollone testifies that Meadows helped get Ivanka down to lobby Trump to call off the mob

Hutchinson recalling Cipollone and Meadows reax to rioters chanting "Hang Mike Pence"

"I thought it was outrageous and wrong and I explained that very clearly to people," Cipollone says

Cipollone corroborates Meadows but claims privilege on Trump statements about Pence "deserves it"

"if the president had wanted to make a statement ... he could have been on camera almost immediately," Matthews says

Kellogg told committee that he was worried that Trump giving a statement would make it worse, Kinzinger says

Luria notes a second call from Trump to Giuliani, just as rioters break through into the Capitol

US Secret Service spent 13 minutes clearing a route for Pence and family as rioters broke through

"the members of the VP detail were starting to fear for their lives" security official says

Security official says detail was "saying goodbye to their family"

"he put a target on his own vice president's back," Luria says of Trump 224p tweet

Pottinger says of his decision to resign after seeing this tweet, "I began to see for the first time the images on TV of the chaos unfolding at the Capitol ... I was disturbed and worried to see president was attacking VP Pence"

"the attack escalalted quickly right after the tweet," luria says

Trump was calling senators instead, Tuberville says he told Trump he couldn't talk bc he was being evacuated

Hawley …

Also Hawley …

Committee back and starts with ... Donald Trump Jr

Cip: “i can’t think of anybody on that day who didn’t want to get out of the capitol … once the violence started,” …

Cheney: "what about the president?"

Cip: "She said the staff."

Cheney: "No, I said in the White House"

Cip: “I can’t reveal communications"

Matthews says she found McEnany and urged Trump to tweet to disperse

McEnany told Matthews that Trump "didn't want to include any mention of peace in that tweet" ,... and "it wasn't until Ivanka suggested 'stay peaceful'" that Trump agreed

"he didn't say not to do anything to the congressmen"

As Trump press staff waffled on how to insulate Trump politically, Matthews says she pointed to TV and said, "do you think it looks like we’re effing winning, bc I don’t think it does”

"Well Kevin, I guess they're just more upset about the election than you are," Herrera Butler recalls Trump telling McCarthy on Jan 6

Kushner testifies McCarthy was scared

Trump "finally relented" at 417p, Luria says

"Law enforcement had started to turn the tide ... the writing was on the wall, the rioters would not succeed" Luria says.

Committee, after establishing that Trump was watching TV, plays Fox News reporting law enforcement retaking Capitol

Ohhh, the outtakes

“i know your pain, I know your hurt, we had an election that was stolen from us .. but you have to go home now … we don’t want anybody hurt, this is a very tough period of time … this was a fraudulent election” Trump says

"there were still people in the Capitol, but I believe by this stage, law enforcement were already there" Herschmann says of Trump video

Committee now plays video of Congressional leaders taking charge to secure the Capitol

Pence "was very direct" in calling in support to protect the Capitol, Milley says

all as Trump did nothing

except watch TV, and film a video

and after Congressional leaders and Pence stepped in, Meadows said they had to kill the narrative that Pence was handling things, not Trump, per Milley

"as a spokesperson for him, I knew I would be asked to defend that, to me his refusal to act and call off the mob that day was indefensible," Matthews testifies

"the president's words mattered," luria says

later in the day, Trump told a staffer, “mike pence let me down”

Nick Luna testifies that he alerted Trump that his 601p tweet might give people the sense Trump himself was involved. Trump decided not to change the tweet

Giuliani called Jordan, Graham, Hawley, Tuberville, others one hour before count resumed on Jan 6, and lobbied members again to delay the certification

And on Jan 6, it's Giuliani and Trump together, same as on election night 2020 ... no appearance by Eastman in "season finale"

Jan 6th "emboldened or enemies by helping give them ammunition that our system of govt doesn’t work … china. the putin regime, tehran, they're fond of pushing those kinds of narratives. and by the way, they’re wrong," Pottinger says

"And if you broke the law ... you can't say that, I already said," Trump in outtakes ... "I don't want to say the election is over"

"Take the word yesterday out, it doesn't work with that" Trump says in outtakes

"my only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote. My only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote," Trump says, then slams his palm on the lectern

"we have an obligation to live by that oath and I do still believe we have the most ingenious system of govt on earth, despite its imperfections … and it’s not something we should take for granted," Pottinger says

and now the McCarthy audio

"We on this dais can never thank you enough for what you did to protect our democracy," Luria tells Capitol police

Murtaugh calls it "shitty" that Trump never acknowledged police deaths, Wolking replies "everything he said about supporting law enforcement was a lie"

"It was his supporters attacking the Capitol, and he alone could call them off," Kinzinger says. "It was only once ... the officers turned the tide, Trump engaged in the political theater of telling the mob to go home"

"Donald Trump's conduct on Jan 6th was a supreme violation of his oath of his office and a complete dereliction of duty," Kinzinger says

Trump "summoned a violent mob" and directed them to the Capitol. And when he was "thwarted" to lead them there, he led them via tweet, Luria says

"Donald Trump was the authore ... and we the people should not let Donald Trump be the finisher," Luria says in close

Thompson in closing says, "the facts are clear and unambiguous, I thank the American people for their attention"

Cheney in closing says the bravery and courage of witnesses is clear

Cheney then blasts the 50, 60 and 70 yr old men who hide behind privilege ... she calls women who testified an "inspiration"

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters," Cheney quotes Trump saying from his 2016 campaign

"what the new Bannon audio demonstrates is Trump's plan ... was premeditated" Cheney says

"premeditated"

Cheney says it all proves that Trump could direct his supporters to do whatever he likes, "no matter how outlandish"

"Here's the worst part, Trump knows that millions of American would stand up and support the nation ... and he is preying on their patriotism" Cheney says. Trump weaponized that on Jan 6th, she says

"Donald Trump made a purposeful choice to ignore his oath of office .. there is no way to excuse that behavior, it is indefensible," Cheney says. People need to decide, she says, if Trump "can ever be trusted" again

... "We will see you all in September," Cheney says at the closing of this #January6thHearings