The story of two former employees to the investigative committee of the assault establishes the criminal guilt of the former president, who failed in his constitutional duty
Former President Trump failed in his constitutional duty by failing to protect Congress, which was under attack, and broke federal law by trying to obstruct the certification of his opponent Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. Two potential State of gravity on which the January 6 Commission exposed abundant evidence this Thursday during its eighth, and for now, last, public hearing, which was broadcast live during prime time.
Two members of the Trump White House, former Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger and former Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews, testified in person. Both resigned after the attack on January 6, 2021.
The panel’s evidence focused on building the case that the former president not only did nothing to stop his supporters’ assault, but furthered it by posting a tweet further condemning Vice President Mike Pence for not ” having had the courage to do what should have been done. During the 187 minutes of chaos that the assault generated, Trump ignored the brutal battle between the Capitol police and the violent ones who outnumbered them.
The then president refused to take action in the face of repeated pleas from his advisers, external allies, and even members of his family, and to give the order to stop the insurrection that he had incited. Nor did he order the mobilization of National Guard troops to restore order while he watched in real time the violence on Capitol Hill unfold.
Insane for more than three hours, Trump stood impassively in the West Wing of the White House, until he finally reluctantly posted a now-infamous video tweet asking them to leave Capitol Hill. The two witnesses, Pottinger and Matthews, offered a detailed account of how the day unfolded, as well as the inconceivable behavior of the former president who was furious when he was prevented from marching to the Capitol, after inciting his supporters to “fight like hell” to annul his election defeat.
Trump was so determined to go to Capitol Hill that he tried to wrest control of the steering wheel from the Secret Service and even threw himself at another agent’s neck. Back at the White House, the discussion continued in the West Wing driveway, and, once in the dining room adjacent to the Oval Office, he threw the dinner plates against the wall.
Pence’s intervention
The panel firmly established the former president’s criminal culpability for his refusal to take action as violent groups, armed with military gear, invaded the building and clashed with police, while others went looking for Democratic members of Congress and of the vice president, with death threats. In the absence of command, Pence assumed the de facto duty of commander-in-chief, and, from a loading dock in the Senate building where he had to seek cover, he ordered National Guard reinforcements.
In parallel, the growing scandal of the Secret Service for deleting the messages of January 5 and 6 after being requested by the Commission, now also involves the National Archives. The federal registry of the Government instructed the department on Tuesday to investigate the facts, which constitute a crime.
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