One minute in, and Chairman Thompson already blathering about slavery and the Klu Klux Klan..
Chairman Thompson: At the encouragement of the president of the United States…the president of the United States trying to stop the transfer of power.
Chairman Thompson: Donald Trump lost the presidential election in 2020. The American people voted him out of office. It was not because of a rigged system. It was not because of voter fraud.
[knowingly false]
Chairman Thompson: Donald Trump was at the center of this conspiracy, and ultimately, Donald Trump, the president of the United States, spurred a mob of domestic enemies of the Constitution, to march down the Capitol and subvert American democracy.
Chairman Thompson: January 6th was the culmination of an attempted coup…it was no accident. It represents Trump's last stand, most desperate chance to halt the transfer of power.
Thomspon, and the entire committee, are guilty of treason and accessory after the fact of sedition.
Cheney: On this point, there is no debate. Those who invaded our Capitol and battled law enforcement for hours, were motivated by what President Trump had told them. That the election was stolen, and he was the rightful president. President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack.
Cheney: On the morning of January 6th, President Trump's intention was to remain president of the United States, despite the lawful outcome of the 2020 election, and in violation of his Constitutional obligation to relinquish power. Over multiple months, Donald Trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power.
Cheney: In our final two June hearings, you will hear how President Trump summoned a violent mob, and directed them, illegally, to march on the United States Capitol.
[In fact, President Trump broke no law]
Cheney: The White House staff knew that President Trump was willing to entertain and use conspiracy theories to achieve his ends…they knew that President Donald Trump was too dangerous to be left alone.
I would not be surprised if they took it completely out of context; McEnany was visibly upset when she found out that President Trump would be leaving.
"I am not allowed to say what is going to happen today"
Who was that woman?
What a surprise- the committee is not showing video of the Capitol Police waving people inside the building.