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Seconds or so to walk down the hall from your office to the oval office, is that right? >> thats correct. >> thank you. pursuant to the section 5c8 of house resolution 503, the chair recognizes the chair woman from wyoming, miss cheney, for questions. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, we will begin today with an exchange that first provided miss hutchinson a tangible sense of the ongoing planning for the events of january 6th. on january 2, 4 days before the attack on our capit...

Limousine? >> yes. >> president trump did not go to the capitol that day. we understand that he blamed mark meadows for that. >> so prior to leaving the rally site when he got off the stage and everybody was making moves to the motorcade, i overheard mr. meadows state prior to mr. trump taking the stage that morning that he was still working on getting an off the record movement to the capitol. so mr. trump took the stage, he was under the impression by mr. meadows that it was still possible, so...

Trying to cover up the truth about january 6th. but thanks to the courage of certain individuals, the truth wont be buried. american people wont be left in the dark. our witness is cassidy hutchinson has embodied that courage. i wont get into a lot of detail about miss hutchinsons testimony, ill allow her words to speak for themselves and i hope everyone at home will listen very closely. first i recognize our distinguished vice chair, miss cheney of wyoming for opening statements she would care ...

Vicinity of a conversation i overheard the president say something to the effect of i dont f-ing care they have weapons, they are not here to hurt me, take the f-ing mags away, they can march the capitol from here, take the mags away. >> just to be clear, miss hutchinson, is it your understanding the president wanted to take the mags away and said the armed individuals were not there to hurt him. >> thats a fair assessment. >> the issue wasnt with the amount of space available in the official ra...

Were elevated to the president, i dont know what he personally wanted to do when he went up to the capitol that day. i know that there were discussions about him having another speech outside of the capitol before going in. i know that there is a conversation about him going into the house chamber at one point. >> as we have all just heard in the days leading up to january 6th, on the day of the speech, both before and during and after the rally speech, president trump was pushing his staff to a...

This physical altercation during the ride back to the white house, president trump still demanded to go to the capitol. here is what kayleigh mcenany, the press secretary at the time, wrote in her personal notes and told the committee about presidents desire to go to the capitol after returning to the white house. >> when you wrote he wanted to walk to the capitol, was that based solely on what the president said during his speech or anything that he or anybody else said afterwards? >> so to the...

When president trump left the stage at 1:ten, the staff knew that rioters had invaded the inaugural stage and capitol police were calling for all available officers to respond. when republican leader kevin mccarthy heard the president say he was going to the capitol, he called you, miss hutchinson, isnt is that right? >> thats correct. >> and in this text message you told tony ornato, mccarthy called me, too, and do you think you are coming to my office. tell us about that call during the speech...

This hearing, surprise hearing ill add about an hour ago, they would break for about 12 minutes. well continue on with this when it resumes, john. what we heard there from the sole witness in the hearing room, cassidy hutchinson who is the former aide to mark meadows, chief of staff, to then president donald trump, talking about mark meadows telling her january 6th would get real bad. she said she had heard about general plans for a rally and tentative movements about trump going to the capitol ...

On january 6th. lets listen to a clip of that testimony. >> mr. orn ato said there could be violence on the 6th. >> you also told us about reports of violence and weapons the secret service were receiving on the night of january 5th and throughout the day on january 6th, is that correct? >> thats correct. >> there are reports police in washington, d.c. had arrested police with firearms or ammunition following a pro trump rally the evening of january 5th. are those some reports you recall hearing...

Saying in those critical hours. firsthand details of what transpired in the office of the white house chief of staff just steps from the oval office as the threats of violence became clear and indeed violence ultimately descended on the capitol in the attack on american democracy. its important that the american people hear that information immediately. thats why in consultation with the vice chair i have recalled the committee for todays hearing. as youve seen and heard in our earlier hearings,...