Trump also falsely claimed that the committee has not asked the Secret Service for "corroboration" of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony that he lunged at a Secret Service agent while insisting he be taken to the Capitol with his supporters following his speech at the Ellipse. 6 hearings end with damming minute-by-minute account of Trump's crusade That tweet was quickly deleted.Ģ4 hours of a coup: Jan. The House Republican Conference also attacked Matthews as a "liar and pawn" on Twitter despite the fact that she now works for House Republicans. "It was essentially him giving the green light to these people, telling them that what they were doing at the steps of the Capitol and entering the Capitol was okay." "I thought that the tweet about the vice president was the last thing that was needed in that moment," Matthews said. Matthews criticized Trump for attacking Pence on Twitter during the riot, when the then-president accused the veep of lacking the "courage to do what should have been done." Matthews and fellow hearing witness Matthew Pottinger, who was Trump's deputy national security adviser, both resigned after Trump's actions on Jan.
Matthews worked for Trump's 2020 presidential campaign before joining the White House as a deputy press secretary. Trump also dismissed others at the hearing, claiming "I don't know" witness Sarah Matthews. The committee has heard from a parade of witnesses from Trump's administration that investigated his false election fraud claims and found no evidence to back them up.
Trump, who is banned from all major social media platforms, took to his Twitter knockoff Truth Social to lash out at Cheney, calling her a "sanctimonious loser" and demanding she instead show evidence challenging the election results.
"There is no way to excuse that behavior. "Donald Trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office to ignore the ongoing violence against law enforcement to threaten our constitutional order," committee Vice-Chair Liz Cheney said in her closing remarks. The committee held a nearly three-hour hearing, detailing Trump's refusal to intervene or call off his angry mob of supporters at the Capitol for 187 minutes as they assaulted police officers and stormed through the halls of Congress seeking to stop the certification of election results, perhaps by kidnapping or murdering Vice President Mike Pence. Former President Donald Trump lashed out at a cavalcade of critics on Thursday during the eighth televised hearing held by the House select committee investigating the Jan.
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