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An or if the president had opted to put one of those statements out. evidently i didnt, mark came back from the oval dining room and put the palm card on my desk with illegally crossed out and said we didnt need to take further action on that statement. >> so to your knowledge, this statement was never issued. >> to my knowledge, it was never issued. >> did you understand that ivanka trump wanted her father to send people home? >> my understanding, yes. >> play a clip of you addressing that issu...

Understanding, trump got into the beast, and after we all arrived back at the white house later in the day it had been relayed to me by mark that the president wasnt happy, that bobby did not pull it off for him and mark did not work hard enough to get the movement on the books. >> the physical altercation that miss hutchinson described in the presidential vehicle was not the first time the president had become very angry about issues relating to the election. on december 1, 2020, attorney gener...

Want to come in right now. they have weapons, they dont want confiscated by the secret service, and they are fine on the mall, they can see you on the mall and they want to march straight to the capitol from the mall. >> the president apparently wanted all attendees inside the official rally space and repeatedly said "they are not here to hurt me." >> and just to be clear, so he was told again in that conversation, or was he told again in that conversation that people could not come through the ...

Concerned about the legal implications of such a trip. and he agreed with the secret service that it shouldnt happen. miss hutchinson, did you have any conversations with pat about his concerns about the president going to the capitol on january 6th? >> on january 3rd, pat had approached me knowing that mark had raised the prospect of going to the capitol on january 6th. we had a brief private conversation where he said to me make sure it does not happen, legally a terrible idea, we have serious...

Have told the committee about his desire to go to the capitol. >> did the president tell you that, that he wanted to speak at the capitol? >> correct, yes. >> during the meeting in the dining room, did the idea of the president proceeding or walking to the capitol on the 6th after his speech come up? >> walking to the capitol, no. >> driving to the capitol? >> it came up. >> how did it come up and what was discussed? >> he brought it up, he want i want to go to the capitol. >> what about him mar...

House that night and he talks to you about january 6th. what do you remember him saying? >> as mr. giuliani and i were walking to his vehicle he said something to the effect of cass, are you excited for the 6th, its going to be a great day, and rudy, what happened on the 6th? he responded we are going to the capitol, its going to be great, the president is going to be there, hes going to look powerful, talk to the chief about it, talk to the chief about it. >> did you go back to the west wing an...

Todays witness, miss cassidy hutchinson, another republican and another former member of president trumps white house staff. certain of us recall miss hutchinson once worked for republican whip steve scalise, she held a prominent role in the white house legislative affairs office and later was the principal aid to president trumps chief of staff, mark meadows. miss hutchinson has spent considerable time up here on capitol hill representing the trump administration and we welcome her back. up unt...

Exoneration of the presidents role, but hes pointing again to the leaving out of the peacefully heading to the capitol, no exoneration but the lack of any alternative perspective or questioning on the committee in that room. nonetheless, martha, we are learning a whole lot more, and the memory and the details around the basic framework we had, she was also known to be a very good note taker, so clearly shes providing a lot of detail for the committee and for the country today. >> martha: absolut...

White house, its quite a small building. above me on the screen you can see a map of the first floor of the west wing of the white house. on the right you can see the presidents oval office. on the left the chief of staffs office suite. within the chief of staffs office suite is the heart of the west wing was your desk, which was between the vice presidents office, and the oval office. miss hutchinson, is this an accurate depiction of where you were located? >> its accurate. its a lot smaller th...

Tv, chief? the tv was small, and you could see it but i didnt know if he was really paying attention. watching tv, chief? yeah. rioters are getting really close, have you talked to the president? >> no, he wants to be alone right now, still looking at his phone. so i start to get frustrated because i sort of felt like i was watching -- this is not a great comparison, but a bad car accident about to happen where you cant stop it but you want to be able to do something. and i remember thinking in ...