Not a single call
The January 6 hearing was lively yesterday.
The committee used Thursday’s hearing to show how Trump not only failed to act, but chose not to as he watched the violent assault on the US Capitol unfold.
Several witnesses with first-hand knowledge of what was happening inside the White House on January 6 told the committee that Trump did not place a single call to any of his law enforcement or national security officials as the Capitol attack was unfolding, according to previously unseen video testimony played during Thursday’s hearing.
The panel said it “confirmed in numerous interviews with senior law enforcement and military leaders, Vice President Mike Pence’s staff, and DC government officials: None of them — not one — heard from President Trump that day,” Luria said.
The committee used that testimony to make the case that Trump’s refusal to intervene amounted to a dereliction of duty.
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That testimony fit with other evidence presented on Thursday, like the outtakes of Trump’s videotaped speech on January 7, where he tried to water down some of the prepared language and told his aides, “I don’t want to say the election’s over, OK?”
No, sir, not ok. There are rules here.
See this is why it’s not a great idea to pick a flamboyant tv personality gang boss real estate hustler criminal as head of state. Laws don’t even make it into his consciousness: he sees everything through the one and only filter of What He Wants.
Updating to add what Representative Luria thinks of his speech:
I was struck by the out-takes of Trump recording his video statements. Turns out the guy can, in fact, speak in sentences, and his rambling incoherence is an act.
I don’t know if his followers will pick up on this or if they will care, but if they do and they do, those two short clips could do more to turn them away from him than anything else that has come out in these hearings.
@1: Interesting. Really?!
I heard that recording as well. I thought it was rambling and incoherent. He did gradually make the point of “go in peace”, along with much nonsense about “stolen election” and “I feel your pain” and so on.
We already knew he can speak in sentences – short, stupid sentences. I don’t think the recording tells us anything we didn’t know about his intellectual and verbal skills.
His delivery is somewhat different when talking to staff as opposed to The World. Maybe that’s what you mean?