Thread by @sarahposner

Cheney: "Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was scared."

#January6thHearing

Luria: Trump watched the attack in the WH dining room, ignoring pleas to stop the violence unfolding at the Capitol. "He refused to act because of his self desire to stay in power."

#187Minutes

Kinzinger showing video of McCarthy denouncing Trump right after 1/6 and Milley testimony expressing horror at Trump's refusal to act. #187minutes

Kinzinger: "The mob was accomplishing President Trump's purpose, so he refused to intervene... He did not fail to act... He chose not to act." #187Minutes

WH security official testified to committee that they were "in a state of shock" upon learning Trump wanted to march to Capitol, that it would move from a "normal" event to a coup or an insurrection, or whatever you want to call it. #Jan6thCommitteeHearings

Luria says there is evidence from multiple witnesses about the angry confrontation in the SUV. MPD officer said there was a "heated discussion" about whether Trump would go to Capitol. Another witness said Ornato did not dispute an account of the confrontation.

After Secret Service refused to take him to Capitol, he returned to WH and was almost immediately informed that the Capitol was under attack. From 1:25 until 4:00, he stayed in the dining room. #187Minutes

TV was on Fox News ALL DAY. There is no official record of what he did in the dining room (aside from watching Fox News). #187Minutes

WH photographer was told not to take any photos of him, despite wanting to preserve history. #187minutes

Cipollone testified that he knew of no phone calls from Trump to DoD, the AG, or DHS. Same of other witnesses. No calls to Nat' Guard, DoD, FBI, law enforcement of any kind. #187Minutes

Trump called Giuliani at 1:39pm, after being told the riot was underway at the Capitol. Call lasted approx 4 minutes. Luria shows what was airing as that call was ending. Reporter says president "fired this crowd up" and "they're very upset." #187minutes

Fox reporter quotes a riot participant she was "disgusted" with Pence, "he should have fought for Trump."

At that time, DC police declared a riot at the Capitol.

Trump tweeted out a link to a recording of his Ellipse speech at that time, "but made no comment about the lawlessness and the violence," says Luria.

Cipollone and others pushed forcefully for Trump "make a public announcement, fast, that they need to leave the Capitol," almost immediately after he found out about the violence. #187Minutes

Hutchinson: "I remember Pat saying something to the effect of, Mark, we need to do something more, they're literally calling for the VP to effing be hung" and Meadows said you heard him, he thinks Pence deserves it. #187Minutes

Now we're learning how close Trump was to the briefing room, where he could've gone on TV and called the rioters off, it would have been easy, but he didn't. #187minutes

WH NSC staff logs being shown; they knew at 2:13 that windows were being kicked in, and then that Pence was being "pulled" and that Secret Service at the Capitol "did not sound good right now." We've also seen video + radio traffic for secret service -- very scary.

Security official testified that "there were calls to family members to say goodbye" -- that's how fucking scary it was at that hour at the Capitol for the Secret Service and other law enforcement personnel. #187minutes

Now we're seeing video of just how vicious and violent the crowd was about Pence, screaming things like "he's screwing us" "he's a traitor." #187Minutes

At 2:24, Trump tweeted that Pence "didn't have the courage" and "put a target on his own vice president's back," says Luria. Witnesses say he was "adding fuel to the fire. Pottinger, the deputy national security advisor, decided to resign based on this tweet.

Sarah Matthews: "it was obvious that the situation at the Capitol was violent and escalating quickly," and "it was essentially him giving the green light to these people... that they were justified in their anger... he should have been telling them to leave and go home"

Trump's supporters "truly latch on to every word and every tweet," Matthews said, and this tweet was "pouring gasoline on the fire." #187Minutes

Hutchinson: "it was un-American, it was unpatriotic, we were watching the Capitol getting defaced over a lie."

Now we're seeing the raised-fist Hawley photo. A Capitol police officer told Committee that the gesture "riled up the crowd," but that Hawley did it in a "safe space." Later, he had to flee the rioters inside the Capitol, we see him running in terror on video footage inside.

LOL

The Hawley sequence was just amazing. Just amazing.

Did Hawley ever express any concern for Pence's safety, and that of his wife and daughter?

Committee is back. Kinzinger is showing texts between Don Jr and Meadows. "This is the one you go to the mattresses on" DonJr told him, at 2:58. What did he mean? He told the Committee: "It's a Godfather reference."

(He was referring to his plea that Trump condemn/stop the violence at the Capitol).

Surveillance footage of Capitol w/ Oath Keepers sharing intel and talk about Trump's 2:38pm tweet. "There's no safe place in the US for any of these motherfuckers" one says about members of Congress. "Military principle 105, cave means grave." #187Minutes

Oath Keepers did not believe Trump had told them to stand down. "He is not leaving office, I don't give a shit what they say," says one.

"This is everything we trained for"

(I.e., it was all planned with the Oath Keepers)

Kevin McCarthy was scared and begging for help. #187minutes

Look, I don't blame McCarthy and Hawley for being scared. Trump's mob was terrifying. But they still submit to Trump.

PENCE called Acting SoD Miller to get the military, Nat'l Guard to the Capitol, not Trump.

MEADOWS told Milley, "we have to kill the narrative that the VP is making all the decisions."

Trump's 6:01pm tweet "when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously and viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly and unfairly treated for so long!"

Even after that, Trump & allies kept trying to delay the certification. We're hearing the voice mail Giuliani left on Tuberville's phone at around 7:00, pushing for delay, and not even mentioning the violence.

This video of Trump trying to tape the video on Jan. 7