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Now. >> my question was exactly that. from the very onset of the violence of the capital, they were pushing for a strong statement that people should leave the capitol, is that right? >> i was and others were as well. >> you said you expressed your opinion forcefully. could you tell us exactly how you do that. >> yeah, i have to, on the privilege issue i cant talk about conversations with the president but i can generically say the people need to be told there needs to be a public announcement, ...

An immediate response statement that people leave the capitol now. >> from the very onset of the violence of the capital, they were pushing for a strong statement that people should leave the capitol, is that right? >> others were. >> you said you expressed your opinion forcefully. could you tell us exactly how you do that. >> yeah, i have to, on the privilege issue i can talk about conversations with the president by can janeiro generically say the people need to be told there needs to be a pub...

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I have to, on the privilege issue, i can talk about conversations with the president. i could generically say i said, you know, people need to be told, there needs to be a public announcement, one past that they need to leave the capitol. >> pat, could you let us know, approximately, when you said that? >> approximately one? almost immediately after i found out people were getting into the capital, or approaching the capitol in a way that was violent. >> do you remember any discussions with mark...

Dc, to take a look at that kind of presentation and say, are there criminal charges that can be brought that speak to us? and that is something that, you know, when trump was impeached for the second time, members of congress, they debated whether or not they should include dereliction of duty as part of their charges against him, and clearly, the committee is trying to make the argument this man is not fit to be president again, and whether or not the justice department can weigh in is to be se...

Called representing the president, if the president wanted him to do it. and i think one of the big gaps here, don, we dont know when he was telling mark meadows because mark meadows ultimately refused to testify. he was very useful in terms of turning over his emails that have become quite incriminating, but, you know, all we have here is hearsay about what was headed said during by the president during -- . cipollone cant say what his conversation was with the president because he has a privil...

On the privilege issue, i can talk about conversations with the president. but i can generically say that i said, you know, people need to be told. there needs to be a public announcement, fast, that they need to leave the capitol. >> and pat, could you let us know approximately when you said that? >> approximately when? almost immediately after i found out people were getting into the capital, or approaching the capitol in a way that was violent. >> do you remember any discussion with mark mead...

Statements that cassidy hutchinson testified to. >> quickly, barb, before i have to let you go, we have heard pat cipollone he is in negotiations, he might sit down and give answers in a limited setting to only limited areas to avoid that privilege issue. but lets be frank, barb, do you think it was possible there was a little dance behind the scenes between cipollone and the 16 committee that was, hey, serve me with a subpoena, or so you are so i can come in and answer your questions now? >> i ...

Probably a pretty significant tactical error on their part because, as carrie points out, hell very easily be able to potentially be able to dodge appearing by litigating the issue and essentially timing out the committee. >> hey, carrie, we are just literally right now getting new reporting that pat cipollone will probably agree to a transcribed interview with the january 6th committee limited to specific topics to avoid a privilege issue. what do you make of that? >> so, thats very interesting...

President, from his closest aides. and cipollone is aware of what happened. and he can provide a dramatic picture on camera in the hearing room of what happened. theyve got a lot of this evidence already from his aides. but they want him in the room. and also the meaning of the testimony thus far is an airtight case. might not get donald trump indicted, but it sure shows that his aides were complicit in this conspiracy to keep the vote from becoming real and joe biden being the dually elected pr...