knew to be armed to the seat of that democracy then agreed allegedly with member of the mob who were crying out that his vice president mike pence should be hanged. from the beginning to end today what former white house staffer cassidy hitchenson testified she heard and saw. as never been said publicly before. and some of it has never been considered imaginable before in a president of the united states. she testified in person and previously on tape the crowds were gathering for the rally he wanted metal detecters outside taken away. had knew some who tried to get through already had been armed. part of the conversation i was in the vicinity of a conversation whether i overheard the president say something to the effect of i don t care they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. take the fing bags away. let me people in they can march the capitol from here. let the people here. take the mags away. just to be clear, is it your understanding that the president wante
knew to be armed to the seat of that democracy then agreed allegedly with member of the mob who were crying out that his vice president mike pence should be hanged. from the beginning to end today what former white house staffer cassidy hitchenson testified she heard and saw. as never been said publicly before. and some of it has never been considered imaginable before in a president of the united states. she testified in person and previously on tape the crowds were gathering for the rally he wanted metal detecters outside taken away. had knew some who tried to get through already had been armed. part of the conversation i was in the vicinity of a conversation whether i overheard the president say something to the effect of i don t care they
proceed through my interviews with the committee. here s another sample. in a different context. this is a call received by one of our wnlss. witnesses. a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow, he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you are loyal and you are going to do the right thing when wrou go in for your deposition. joining now jeffrey toobin. laura coates and director of in the white house. you know the people the others involved in this story, you heard the reporting from josh and ryan nobles. secret service official familiar with the matter told cnn tony denies telling cassidy and the former president grabbed the steering wheel or agent on his detail.
agent. donald trump really liked him. and gave him a political appointment. he was deputy white house chief of staff. so it was slightly different situation. if he comes and testifies under oath, if angle who was the detail leader. the one in the limousine. he actually had the interaction. yeah. let s remember what cassidy said. she said this is a story that tony told her. in front of bobby who never disputed it. she never said it happened just said we will get into him. give me historical perspective here. at the end, the bottom fell out when it came to richard nixon. people realized, i can t do it anymore. i can t defend this guy anymore. particularly with the smoking gun tape. it was clear he was a criminal.
have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. take the fing bags away. let me people in they can march the capitol from here. let the people here. take the mags away. just to be clear, is it your understanding that the president wanted to take the mags away and said the armed individuals were not there to hurt him? that s a fair assessment. prior to that, the committee played audio from police and the secret service reporting people nearby who had been cited with a variety of weapons including m pistols and ar 15. she testified that her then boss, chief of staff mark meadows has been told some in the crowd were armed. now according to cassidy, his reaction upon getting that news was to say quote, anything else? without even looking up from his phone through which he was scrolling. which is it not surprising given the picture she painted of