Flynn, the retired general who had served briefly as Mr. The advisers - including the lawyer Sidney Powell and Michael T. Trump’s outside advisers were hustled into the West Wing to meet with Mr. What’s the best route to the Capitol?’ An Epic Oval Office Clashįour days after states voted in the Electoral College, essentially ending all legal challenges to Joseph R. Trump was saying, ‘We should go up to the Capitol. Trump and some of his aides could hear a crowd of his supporters who were gathered nearby. The committee also cited a deposition by the White House photographer, Shealah Craighead, who was present at an Oval Office gathering on the evening of Jan. ‘Trump is supposed to order us to the capitol at the end of his speech but we will see,’ said Ali Alexander, who led the ‘Stop the Steal’ campaign. Trump would be joining them as they massed at the Capitol. Other text messages sent around that time showed that right-wing activists also believed Mr. It can also not get out about the march because I will be in trouble with the national park service and all the agencies but POTUS is going to just call for it ‘unexpectedly.’’ The rally organizer, Kylie Kremer, wrote: ‘It cannot get out about the second stage because people will try and set up another and Sabotage it. 4 in which the organizer said that a second stage was going to be set up at the Supreme Court, across the street from the East Front of the Capitol. Lindell, the head of the company My Pillow, had received from a rally organizer on Jan. The committee showed a text message that a Trump ally, Michael J. Trump and his allies had discussed plans for him to go to the area around the Capitol after the rally on the Ellipse. The tweet was never sent, but the committee suggested it was just one piece of evidence showing that, in the days leading up to Jan. January 6 south of the White House,’ the draft tweet said.
Trump - which he saw - that called on his supporters to march to the Capitol after his address. 6.ĭocuments obtained by the committee showed that a tweet was drafted for Mr. Trump and his allies had more extensive plans than previously known for him and his supporters to go to the Capitol on Jan. The committee presented new evidence that showed Mr. So I mean, I believed it.’ New Evidence Showed Plans to Go to the Capitol ‘You know, he said in his speech, you know, kind of like he’s going to be there with us. ‘I think everybody thought he was going to be coming down,’ Mr. Trump was going to meet them at the Capitol. Ayers said that he was angry because he was convinced the election had been stolen and something had to be done to right that wrong. ‘Well, basically, you know, the president, you know, he got everybody riled up, told everybody to head on down, so we basically were just following what he said,’ Mr. Trump address the crowd on the Ellipse, near the White House. Ayers said that he had not planned to rush the Capitol but decided to do so after hearing Mr. ‘I was hanging on every word he was saying,’ said one supporter, Stephen Ayres, who has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly and disruptive conduct for his role in attacking the Capitol. Trump’s supporters continued to take their cues from him. Once the crowd came to Washington, testimony on Tuesday showed, Mr. If you have enough people, you can push down any kind of a fence or a wall.’ Trump’s tweet and played on Tuesday by the committee. ‘We are going to only be saved by millions of Americans moving to Washington, occupying the entire area, if necessary, storming right into the Capitol,’ Matt Bracken, a right-wing commentator, said in a video clip posted soon after Mr. Trump’s supporters heard as a call to arms was infused with talk of violence.
And in many cases, the online commentary that followed what Mr. They immediately began whipping up support, both within far-right groups like the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys and among ordinary citizens who believed Mr. Trump’s supporters - including extremist organizations and right-wing media commentators.
The committee demonstrated how the tweet served as a rallying cry for Mr. Trump put out a tweet calling on his supporters to come to Washington on Jan.
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