Jan. 6 House Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson, in closing of today's hearing: 'Up to this point, we've shown the inner workings of what was essentially a political coup.'
Share to TwitterSumming up the hearing, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said Trump continuing to push the lie of a stolen election and pressure his officials to break the law was"about protecting his very real power and very real fragile ego -- even if it required recklessly undermining our entire electoral system by wildly casting faceless doubt upon it."
"We are going to show how Donald Trump tapped into the threat of violence, how he summoned a mob to Washington and how -- after corruption and political pressure failed to keep Donald Trump in office -- violence became the last option," he said.Email this article Rep. Adam Kinzinger responded to that by saying,"The only reason I know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime."Share to TwitterIn a series of stunning taped testimony, former White House officials said several Republican members of Congress -- including Rep. Matt Gaetz, Rep. Scott Perry, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Rep. Andy Biggs, Rep. Paul Gosar, and Rep.
"The general tone was, we may get prosecuted because we were defensive of, you know, the president's positions on these things," recalled former White House lawyer Eric Herschmann. Donoghue said he pleaded separately with the head of DOJ's national security division, John Demers, to not be among those who would resign.
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