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>> reporter: in nine televised hearings, the january 6th committee set out to make their case. >> president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. >> reporter: using recorded depositions from the people who were there donald trump's own team. >> there's suggestions by -- i believe it was mayor giuliani to declare victory. >> it was far too early to be making any calls like that >> what they were proposing i thought was nuts. >> reporter: his own aides and advisers -- >> he said dead people are voting, indians are getting paid to vote. much of the information he's getting is false >> reporter: his own cabinet members and his own family >> i made it clear i did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, which i told the president it was
they would resign. >> reporter: with time running out trump tried his vice president, demanding he refuse to certify the election on january 6th. >> mike pence, i hope you're going to stand up for the good of our constitution and for the good of our country, and if you're not, i'm going to be very disappointed in you. i will tell you right now. >> reporter: and when vice president pence officially refused, the committee argued trump tried to do it by unleashing his masses. >> we're going to walk down and i'll be there with you. >> reporter: in the a protest the panel said trump knew would get out of hand. >> the confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi the proud boys would have killed mike pence if given the chance >> i'm here to report that pence caved. i'm telling you, if pence caved we're going to drag mother [ bleep ]'s through the streets! >> heard it here first mike pence has betrayed the united states of america
>> what happened on january 6th, 2021, played live and unedited across all networks at the same time meaning all of us saw the same thing, trump's mobs beating up police officer, vandalizing the u.s. capitol, ransacking the floors of the senate, free of political spin, or imagination but that was then. and by 2022, the events of that day had gotten fuzzier, muddied up by partisanship so the january 6th committee made up of seven democrats and two prominent republicans, admitted their tact to sharpen the country's memory and to prove who was to blame >> we'll never, ever take back our country with weakness. >> say usa, usa >> in nine televised hearings, the january 6th committee set out to make their case >> president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit
task to sharpen the country's memory and to prove who was to blame. >> you'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength and you have to be strong. >> reporter: in nine televised hearings, the january 6th committee set out to make their case >> president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. >> reporter: using recorded depositions from the people who were there donald trump's own team. >> there are suggestions by i believe it was mayor giuliani to declare victory. >> it was far too early to be making any calls like that >> what they were proposing i thought was nuts. >> his own aides and advisers. >> he said dead people are voting, indians are getting paid to vote.
>> all: usa! usa! usa! >> reporter: in nine televised hearings the january 6th committee set out to make their case. >> president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. >> reporter: using recorded depositions from the people who were there donald trump's own team. >> there were suggestions by mayor giuliani to declare victory and say we won it outright. >> it was far too early to be making any calls like that, what they were proposing, but i thought it was nuts. >> reporter: his own aides and advisors -- >> he said, dead people are voting indians are getting paid to vote flat out much of the information he was getting is false. >> reporter: his own cabinet members and his own family >> i played it clear i did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, which i told the president was bull [ bleep ]. >> i respect attorney general