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The Playbook Podcast

July 12, 2022: Jan. 6 panel zeroes in on Trump tweet

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🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today at 1 p.m. Eastern, the House Jan. 6 committee “plans to make its most complex case yet,” write Nicholas Wu and Kyle Cheney: “that Donald Trump's words and actions influenced extremists and brought them to the steps of the Capitol.” Central to that case is Trump’s tweet on Dec. 19, 2020: “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”  Rep. Stephanie Murphy's (D-Fla.) described that tweet as a “clarion call” to members of the far-right Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. “We’ll show you how they began to organize around that date,” she said in an interview. Doing so, Nick and Kyle write, “will require investigators to delve into the sordid world of internet extremism and specifically lay out how Trump’s words rippled through its corners.”  Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0

Presented by Farma.

0:02.1

Hey, good morning, playbookers, I'm Rookum Wendavalin. It's Tuesday.

0:05.5

Today's show, a look ahead at what to expect from today's House January 6th committee hearing.

0:10.7

It's her Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

0:17.3

Today at 1 p.m. Eastern, the House January 6th Committee, quote, plans to make its most complex case yet that Donald Trump's words and actions influenced extremists and brought them to the steps of the Capitol, Wright Politico's Nicholas Wu and Carl Cheney.

0:31.2

Central to that case is Trump's tweet on December 19th, 2020, quote, big protest in D.C. on January 6th, be there, we'll be wild.

0:40.2

Representative Stephanie Murphy described that tweet as a clarion call to members of the

0:44.3

far right proud boys and oathkeepers. She said in an interview, quote, will show you how they

0:48.7

began to organize around that date. Doing so, Nick and Caller Wright, quote, will require investigators

0:54.0

to delve into the

0:55.0

sordid world of internet extremism and specifically lay out how Trump's words rippled through its

1:00.9

corners. And in a departure from past procedure, save for the surprise emergency hearings starring

1:06.5

Cassidy Hutchinson, the committee opted not to release the names of today's witnesses in advance,

1:12.4

citing security concerns and, quote, the potential for harassment. Even so, some names of expected

1:17.8

witnesses have been reported. Jason Van Tatenov, a former spokesperson and self-described propagandist

1:23.8

for the Oathkeepers, and Stephen Ayers, an Ohio man criminally charged for his actions

1:28.7

during the Capitol insurrection, as ABC's Mike Levine and Catherine Fowler scooped.

1:34.2

Here's what else to expect today. Representative Murphy told Nick and Kyle, the hearing would

1:37.9

feature the panel's first public clips of its interview with former White House counsel Pat Cipollone,

1:43.0

who met with the committee for more than eight hours on Friday. Also, expect to look at the possible ties between Trump's

1:49.0

advisors and members of the Oathkeepers and Proud Boys, among the names that could come up,

1:53.6

Michael Flynn, and Roger Stone. Both of whom have been interviewed by the committee, pleaded the fifth,

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