WATCH LIVE: House January 6th committee holds first public hearing
Thompson closes hearing, committee to reconvene next week to examine Trump's 'attack' on rule of law
Thompson, closing the two-hour-long hearing, said that the committee will reconvene next week and “examine the lies that convinced those men and others to storm the Capitol, to try to stop the transfer of power.” He described his team meeting up with the Proud Boys at around 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 6 when they were beginning to walk down the National Mall.
"In actuality, I was none of those things," she said."I was an American standing face to face with other Americans, asking myself how many times many, many times how we had gotten here." "I made it clear I did not agree with the idea that the election was stolen, which, I told the president, was bullsh--," Barr said during his deposition--which the committee shared with the public Thursday night.
Cheney played audio from the deposition of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, who detailed his conversations with Pence on Jan. 6. "Anyone who entered the Capitol without proper authority should leave immediately," the note Cheney presented read."This is exactly what his supporters on Capitol Hill and nationwide were urging the president to do. He would not."
"President Trump gave no order to deploy the National Guard that day, and he made no effort to work with the Department of Justice to coordinate and display and deploy law enforcement assets," Cheney said.Jan. 6 Committee shows never-before-seen video of events that occurred during the Capitol attack
"An attack that unfolded while a few blocks away, President Trump sat watching television in the dining room next to the Oval Office," Cheney said."You will hear audio from the brave police officers battling for their lives and fighting to defend our democracy against a violent mob Donald Trump refused to call off."
During his opening statement, Thompson played a video of former Attorney General Bill Barr's deposition before the committee.
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