Everyone, I'm Laura Coates and this is CNN Tonight and I've been waiting.

I mean, we all have, haven't we?

Waiting to learn with the January 6th committee had found out.

Waiting to see who might testify, waiting to hear from the people who already spoke to

the committee.

Waiting to see what was happening behind the scenes, not just at the White House, but also

inside the Capitol where the Vice President and both Chambers of Congress were really running

for their lives.

We've been waiting to see how this is actually playing out before the electorate or whether

any opinions let alone potential, maybe votes or legislation might actually change.

We've also been waiting for what the person who obviously seems to be at the center of

the committee's attention for President Donald J. Trump wondering what he has to say

about all the committee's assertions and there are a lot of them, like that he was told

his scheme was to overturn the election was in fact illegal, but he pressured his Vice

President to go along with it anyway.

Things like he knew that Mike Pence's life was in danger at the Capitol but kept publicly

lashing out at him during the attack anyway.

Well the weight seems to be over because today in his first public appearance since the

hearing well he didn't really deny any of that exactly, instead he admitted he did pressure

Pence to try to keep him in power, but he did deny one thing.

I never called Mike Pence a wimp, I never called him a wimp, Mike Pence had a chance to

be great.

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