187 minutes: Six key times from House Jan. 6 listening to on Trump's timeline

Kate Scanlon

July 21, 10:55 PM July 21, 11:29 PM

The Household pick out committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot held a hearing Thursday on the 187 minutes, a time period of more than a few hours, between the commencing of the attack at 1:10 p.m. and when then-President Donald Trump eventually released a online video telling rioters to leave the Capitol at 4:17 p.m. The committee introduced proof that Trump used considerably of that time looking at the violence unfold on tv whilst declining to intervene, inspite of pleas from lawmakers and some of his have aides.

Home JAN. 6 COMMITTEE TROLLS CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AT Listening to

Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) joined the hearing remotely as he recovers from COVID-19. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the panel’s vice chairwoman, led the hearing in his absence.

Reps. Elaine Luria (D-VA) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) led the questioning of witnesses Matthew Pottinger, the previous countrywide stability adviser for the Trump administration, and Sarah Matthews, who served as a deputy push secretary.

Right here are 6 essential moments from the listening to.

Trump ‘derelict in his duty’

In fiery remarks, Kinzinger explained, “We the persons must demand from customers additional of our politicians and ourselves.”

“Donald Trump's carry out on January 6 was a supreme violation of his oath of office environment and a comprehensive dereliction of his obligation to our country,” he explained. “It is a stain on our historical past. It is a dishonor to all individuals who have sacrificed and died in provider of our democracy.”

Luria stated Trump was knowledgeable of the assault at the Capitol in just 15 minutes of the preliminary breach, including that witnesses stated he viewed the assault unfold on Fox News from his dining home for extra than 2 1/2 hours with no file of his obtaining placed any calls to law enforcement or armed forces officers. Subsequent interviews with government officers and regulation enforcement confirmed no calls were being designed by Trump during the assault. The White Home photographer was not permitted in the area for the duration of that time.

Immediately after exhibiting a clip of Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff members, criticizing former President Donald Trump for carrying out "nothing at all" all through the Capitol riot, Kinzinger explained Trump “did not fail to act all through the 187 minutes involving leaving the Ellipse and telling the mob to go house. He selected not to act.”

Luria said Trump “tried to halt the tranquil transfer of ability in the times major up to January 6th.”

“With every single step of his system, he betrayed his oath of office and was derelict in his obligation,” she mentioned.

Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel, reported in earlier recorded testimony that he and many others in the White Dwelling pushed for a powerful statement from the president to condemn the riot.

“Many men and women felt the similar way,” Cipollone claimed.

‘You feel it seems like we’re effing winning?’

Matthews called herself a lifelong Republican and defined how she arrived to function for the Trump administration. She claimed that experienced Trump picked out to act before, it would only have taken a issue of minutes for him to possibly go to the briefing area, which has a 24/7 stay digicam, or assemble the White Household press corps in the Oval Business office.

She reported she manufactured the suggestion that “the president necessary to be out there instantly to explain to these persons to go residence and condemn the violence.”

Matthews testified that a colleague expressed worry they would be handing the media a acquire if they condemned the rioters.

“I motioned up at the Television set, and I mentioned, 'Do you assume it seems to be like we’re effing profitable? For the reason that I don’t think that it does,'” Matthews stated.

She is at the moment the communications director for the Republicans on the Select Committee on Local weather Crisis. But on Twitter, the House Republican Meeting known as her “just yet another liar and pawn in [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's] witch-hunt” right before deleting the tweet.

Pottinger, in the meantime, testified that he believed the occasions of Jan. 6 could embolden international adversaries of the United States.

Congressional leadership prepared throughout assault to resume electoral count

The committee confirmed hardly ever-ahead of-noticed photographs and videos of congressional leadership, together with Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), asking performing Secretary of Defense Chris Miller in the course of the assault about when and how the Capitol could be secured so they could resume certification of the election. He replied that he would estimate four to 5 several hours. The video displays these figures unvarnished and in personal, huddled collectively in a harmless space close to the phone and sitting on a couch collectively.

“We’re not likely to permit these persons preserve us from finishing our company,” McConnell said in the clip.

Hawley singled out

The committee showed a now-infamous Jan. 6 photograph of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) boosting a fist in salute to protesters exterior before the riot and then confirmed new footage of Hawley fleeing the Capitol soon after violence broke out.

A reporter for the Washington Examiner observed laughter in the committee space at the footage of Hawley managing.

Luria: Past but not minimum

Luria, a single of the two lawmakers who led the questioning of witnesses, hasn't showcased prominently in prior hearings. She faces a tough reelection race in a freshly drawn district that is now friendlier to Republicans.

Her Republican opponent, state Sen. Jen Kiggans, took aim at Luria’s participation on Twitter.

To be continued

Thompson reported the committee would resume community hearings in September.

“As we've produced apparent all through these hearings, our investigation goes forward,” he said. “We continue on to get new info just about every working day. We continue to hear from witnesses. We will reconvene in September to keep on laying out our results to the American folks.”

Cheney additional, “Our committee will spend August pursuing rising information and facts on several fronts ahead of convening even further hearings this September.”