Shocking Details Emerge from Witness Testimony at Jan. 6 Committee Hearings

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🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Former President Donald Trump tried to wrestle control of a vehicle so he could join the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2020. That was just one of several major revelations from Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former chief of staff Mark Meadows, during Tuesday’s testimony before the House committee investigating the attack. Hutchinson also testified that Trump called to lift security during his rally despite knowing that many people were heavily armed, threw his lunch at a wall over a news article about former Attorney General William Barr, and endorsed a violent attack on Vice President Mike Pence. Former Trump staffers and aides have testified before the committee, giving the nation a fuller account of what happened on Jan. 6 and how Trump behaved. We discuss the latest news from the committee hearings and what these revelations mean for Americans. Guests: Nicholas Wu, reporter covering Congress, Politico Aimee Allison, founder, She the People - an organization elevating the political voice of women of color Ankush Khardori, lawyer based in Washington, D.C; contributing writer, New York magazine's Intelligencer; contributing editor, Politico magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.3	Yesterday, in a hastily scheduled hearing of the January 6th committee,
1:24.7	former White House Chief of Staff aide Cassidy Hutchinson related a series of conversations about what Donald Trump did and knew on Jan 6th.
1:29.5	According to her testimony, he knew his supporters were armed, wanted them to go to the
1:34.2	Capitol. He tried to join them, and he refused to do anything to stop them, despite knowing
1:39.5	they were armed, dangerous, and searching for legislators and even his own Vice President, Mike Pence.
1:45.9	We'll discuss Hutchinson's testimony in the context of the rest of the January 6th hearings
1:50.6	and the broader assault on our democratic processes.
1:54.6	That's coming up next after this news.
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