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Trump instructed supporters, whom he knew were armed, to march to the Capitol. He promised to go with them.

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Pence was already in the Capitol and the building had been breached. But rather than stopping the violence, Trump refused to tell the mob to leave.

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Why the hell is he in the Rose Garden when he made that video? That's really important. Why did the Secret Service permit that? I mean, unless they knew something?

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So what happened between the end of the Ellipse speech and the video telling people to go home. He sat in the dining room. Dereliction of duty. Luria is a 20 year Navy vet.

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Kinzinger now. (Also a veteran.) Clip of McCarthy blaming Trump for inaction. Also Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley says he should have done something.

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What explains Trump's behavior? The mob attacking the Capitol gave Trump what he wanted: the delaying of the electoral count. Trump didn't FAIL to act. He CHOSE not to act.

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Other people DID their duty. Trump did not.

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Witnesses: Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews. Pottinger is also a veteran. Matthews is former deputy press secretary. Both resigned after the events of January 6.

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Pottinger explains his role as deputy national security advisor to Trump. He's a true believer. Talking about how good Trump's national security policies were.

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Matthews emphasizes, too, that she's a Republican. (Good article in... I think it was the Washington Post... from two political scientists about how hearing from REPUBLICANS-- but not Democrats-- changes Republican minds.)

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Luria: security official has told the committee that the White House knew there were weapons in the crowd. Official says they "were all in shock" at idea Trump was marching to the Capitol. It would turn a rally into a coup.

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Alarmed because the president wanted to lead 10,000 supporters to the Capitol.

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Luria says that Tony Ornato said the president was "irate" when not allowed to go to the Capitol. (They're supporting Cassidy Hutchinson here.) Another police officer supports that account.

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SGT. Mark Robinson says in more than 100 details, he knew of no other in which the president fought his detail.

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Robinson says Trump wanted to go to the Capitol. Back at White House, put on standby to see if Trump could go to the Capitol. 45 minutes to an hour to see if Trump was going to go to the Capitol.

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Secret Service officers have retained private counsel. ‼️

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White House employee told Trump about the Capitol riot within 15 minutes of getting back to the White House.

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Trump went to dining room, steps from the Oval Office, and watched the Fox News Channel for more than 2.5 hours.

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No official record of what Trump did. Call logs are blank. Presidential daily diary is also blank. No photos. Chief White House photographer wanted to take pictures, but was told no.

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But the committee knows what he was doing....

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What he WASN'T doing was calling any official to stop the attack.

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No one heard from Trump that day.

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Trump was calling senators to get them to object to the counting of the electoral votes.

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We know from Giuliani's phone records that Trump called him.

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At 1:49 DC police declared a riot at the Capitol. Trump tweeted out a link to his Ellipse speech.

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Kinzinger: Trump's staff begged him to condemn the violence and tell the crowd to go home. Cipollone says he was emphatic and clear that people needed to know they had to leave the Capitol.

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Cipollone says lots of people were saying that. And yet, it took more than two hours for Trump to tell them to leave.

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Cipollone and Cassidy Hutchinson both said that Ivanka Trump was trying to work on Trump to tell them to leave.

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Hutchinson says that Meadows said that Trump didn't want to do anything about the "Hang Mike Pence" chants; Trump thought Pence deserved it.

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Cipollone says the chants were outrageous... and expressed that.

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At any moment, Trump could have appeared at the podium in the press room (which is quite close to the Oval Office) and address the nation.

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Matthews says Trump could have gotten on camera in less than 60 seconds.

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Briefing room has a camera on at all times.

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Advisors worried about Trump's unscripted comments, though.

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Two pipe bombs meant evacuations.

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Matthews and Ben Williamson (?) agreed Trump needed to get out there fast to call things off. Press guy Judd Deere, too, went to talk to press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.

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At 2:03, Trump called Giuliani. At 2:13, Proud Boys broke into the Capitol.

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This footage remains horrifying. Maybe worse than ever, actually.