The most damning Jan. 6 testimony so far
1 big thing
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🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. Welcome to Axios Today. It's Wednesday, June 29th. I'm Erica Pandy and |
| 0:10.0 | for Nila Boudou. Here's what you need to know today. How the road decision could affect |
| 0:14.7 | your online privacy. Plus, the human toll of surging migration at the southern U.S. border. |
| 0:21.4 | But first, today's one big thing. New testimonies as former President Trump may have tried |
| 0:27.2 | to join the January 6th insurrection. |
| 0:29.2 | I was in the vicinity of a conversation where I overplayed the painting and say something |
| 0:37.4 | to the effect of, you know, I don't think that they have weapons. They're not here to hurt |
| 0:42.9 | me. Take the effing bags away. |
| 0:45.6 | That's testimony yesterday from Cassidy Hutchinson, a top-aid de former President Trump's |
| 0:50.5 | chief of staff, Mark Meadows. She's describing the moment Trump urged the Secret Service to |
| 0:55.6 | let his supporters go to the Capitol, despite knowing they were heavily armed. That testimony |
| 1:01.0 | came as part of a surprise hearing Tuesday from the House Select Committee investigating |
| 1:05.3 | the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Axios managing editor for politics, Margaret |
| 1:10.4 | Tallah is here with more. Hi, Margaret. Hi, Erica. |
| 1:14.2 | This testimony was pretty shocking for observers. How much does this change our understanding |
| 1:19.2 | of Trump's role? |
| 1:21.3 | Erica, this was so far in the January 6th hearings the most damning testimony for the former |
| 1:27.1 | President. And that's true because Cassidy Hutchinson tied him directly to the attack |
| 1:33.7 | that day on January 6th, 2021 by talking about his knowledge of weapons, his knowledge |
| 1:39.7 | of the protesters, and many other details. |
| 1:43.2 | She gave testimony that the former President tried to take the steering wheel of the car |
| 1:49.6 | that he was riding in and then launched at his security detail when the Secret Service |
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