The members of the House committee investigating the events of January 6 will hold their first prime time hearing on Thursday to share what they revealed about then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 elections, which culminated in the deadly storm the US Capitol. Part of their mission: to determine Trump’s actions that day. Much is already known about Trump’s whereabouts, what he said and how he reacted. But large gaps remain. What we know: The day started, as they often did, with calls and angry tweets. As Vice President Mike Pence prepares to chair a joint congressional session to count the votes that would formalize the victory of Democrat Joe Biden, Trump continued to exert public pressure. He demanded that Pence reject the results, citing powers that Pence had made clear to the president that he did not have. “The states want to rectify their votes, which they now know were based on irregularities and fraud, as well as the corrupt process that has never received legislative approval,” Trump falsely said at 8:17 p.m. “All Mike Pence has to do is send them back to the United States. AND WE WIN “, he added. “Do Mike, this is the time for extreme courage!” Trump has continued to rely on baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud as thousands of his supporters rallied for a Save America March rally outside the White House in Ellipse to pressure Republicans in Congress to reject a pro-democracy vote. a move the country would have made in an unprecedented constitutional crisis. “States want to repeat their votes. They found out that they voted for FRAUD. The legislatures never approved it. Let them do it. “BE STRONG!” He urged. By then, the rally had already begun. US Capitol Riot Hearings: How to Watch and What You Need to Know A spokesman for Mo Brooks, R-Ala. “Let ‘s have a battle,” said Rudy Giuliani, who led Trump’ s failed legal effort. Before leaving the White House, Trump called Pence from the Oval Office and reprimanded his once loyal soldier. “You do not have the courage to make a tough decision,” Trump said, according to an account described in a letter from the commission. Trump then went to the rally, arriving around 11:42 a.m. as his campaign soundtrack exploded in the icy air. Shortly before noon, he took to the stage in the usual “God Bless the USA” and began a fiery speech in which he complained about “rigged” elections and insisted that “he would never give up.” “If Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election,” he falsely said behind a protective glass wall, telling his supporters: “We are fighting like hell and if you do not fight like hell, you will not go. to have a country now “. He told them that he planned to participate with them in their planned march to the Capitol, adding that “you will never take back our country with weakness”. At that point, groups of supporters – many carrying large Trump flags – had already crossed the Mall to the Capitol, where Congress was beginning its work. As Trump spoke, Pence issued a public letter formally outlining his position in defiance of the president. “In my judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution restricts me from claiming unilateral power to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not,” he wrote. Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they invade the US Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP / Getty Images At 1:12 p.m., Trump had finished his speech and danced on stage with the “YMCA”, hitting his first and clapping his hands as protesters clashed with police just 1.5 miles away on the steps. of the Capitol. As the presidential crowd gathered at the waiting convoy, questions began as to whether he would head to the Capitol, as he had told the crowd. Instead, after a delay, the president’s limousine headed for the White House. Trump later told the Washington Post in an interview that the Secret Service had barred him from traveling. As Trump returned to the White House, the situation at the Capitol worsened. Trump mob rioters broke through police barricades, attacked police, smashed windows and slammed doors. At 1:49 p.m., DC police officially declared a riot. At 2:15 p.m., Pence and members of Congress hurried into hiding as rioters stormed the building. “This is wrong and not what we are,” the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., wrote on Twitter, speaking at the rally at 2:17 p.m. like the other side. “We have a country to save and that does not help anyone.” But his father took a different tone. “Mike Pence did not have the courage to do what needed to be done to protect our country and our Constitution, giving states the opportunity to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones they were previously asked to certify. Trump wrote on Twitter at 2:24 p.m. “The United States demands the truth! The tweet came at a time when Trump accidentally called Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, while trying to reach Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. Lee reportedly gave the phone to Tamperville, who told Politico that he had informed Trump that Pence had just been evacuated from the Senate chamber. Finally, around 2:40 p.m., as images of protesters parading through the building’s gilded corridors flooded television screens across the West Wing, Trump sent a tweet urging rioters to remain peaceful. “Support the police and law enforcement in the Capitol. He is really on the side of our country. Stay calm! ” At 2:43 p.m., Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Trump protester, was shot trying to force her into the House of Representatives. It remains unclear exactly when it happened, but sometime after his return from the rally, Trump was trapped in the dining room outside the Oval Office to watch the violence on television. All I know about that day was that he was in the dining room, happily watching his TV as he often did – “Look at all the people fighting for me,” knocking back, watching it again – I know that. “Former Secretary of State Stephanie Grisham, who also served as First Lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff, told CNN. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Among them were his eldest son, several Fox News hosts, several members of Congress, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who worked with Trump to prepare for the debate. Unable to reach him directly, the allies tried to get his attention in any way they could. Some resorted to the tweet. Others appeared on television, trying to pass. “Get rid of it, Mr. President,” MP Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., Told CNN. “Condemn it now, realDonaldTrump – you’re the only one who will listen. For our country! ” wrote on Twitter his former communication director, Alyssa Farah Griffin, at 2:54 p.m. “The President’s tweet is not enough. He can stop it now and he has to do just that. “Tell these people to go home,” he wrote at 3:01 p.m. Former adviser Kellyanne Conway, who by then had left the White House, said she called an aide she knew would be next to Trump with an urgent message. The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 events will hold its first prime-time hearing Thursday.KENNY HOLSTON / The New York Times News Service “Urge the president to tell the people at the Capitol to stop. Cut it out. “Get out of there,” she wrote in her recent memoirs. “Maybe there are loudspeakers. Someone could broadcast it live. They must listen to his voice. ” She also appealed to television and Twitter where she wrote, “STOP. Cut it out. Irene. Law and order. Security for All “at 3:21 p.m. House Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy told a California radio station that he had also spoken to the president. “I was the first person to call him,” McCarthy said. “I told him to go on national television, to tell these people to stop. He said he did not know what was happening. “ A spokeswoman for Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., Said McCarthy had shared the conversation with her. According to her account, when McCarthy told Trump that his supporters had stormed the building, Trump replied, “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.” Others texted Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, asking Trump to say something and trying to convey the gravity of the situation. “We are under siege,” one journalist wrote. “We are all helpless.” “He must condemn this bullshit as soon as possible,” Trump Jr. sent a message to Meadows. “I am pushing it hard. “I agree,” Meadows replied. Trump Jr. sent messages over and over again, urging his father to act. “We need an oval address. He must lead now. “It has gone too far and it is out of control.” The hosts of Fox News agreed. “Mark, President, must tell the people of the Capitol to go home. This hurts us all. “It’s destroying his legacy,” Ingraham wrote. “Can he make a statement? “Ask people to leave the Capitol,” wrote Sean Hannity. At 3:13 p.m., Trump finally posted a tweet urging his supporters to remain peaceful, but not to leave. “I urge everyone in the US Capitol to remain calm. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you! “He wrote. The testimony of the Congress that has been published so far depicts a chaotic scene inside the White House, with the staff just as desperate as …
