7 Key Moments from the Ninth January 6 Hearing
On Thursday, October 13, the nonpartisan January 6 Committee held its ninth public hearing. The Committee revealed never-before-seen evidence showing Donald Trump’s central role in overturning the results of the legitimate 2020 election starting well ahead of Election Day. They ended the hearing with a bi-partisan, unanimous vote to subpoena Donald Trump.
Here are the seven key moments from the Committee’s final hearing:
- Donald Trump had a premeditated plan to declare victory in the November 2020 election, even if he lost.
Evidence Trump would claim he won, no matter what: Tom Fitton wrote a draft statement for Trump to read on Election Day declaring victory and urging ballots to stop being counted that night. The statement was drafted and sent to Trump aides on Oct. 31 — days before the election.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 13, 2022
Jan. 6 committee showing evidence saying Trump was going to declare victory no matter what — a Tom Fitton memo, Bannon audio. “If Trump is losing, it’s going to get even crazier….If Biden is winning, Trump is going to do some crazy shit,” Bannon said days before the election.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 13, 2022
- Trump’s co-conspirator, Roger Stone, and others, pushed Trump to fraudulently and violently claim victory in the 2020 election.
Recently, the Select Committee obtained footage of Roger Stone before and after the election. pic.twitter.com/6mRdWwMSmE
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) October 13, 2022
Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton was pushing a plan before the election for Trump to declare victory regardless of the outcome of the vote. A November 3 email shows that he talked to Trump directly about it. pic.twitter.com/IIzskctM8O
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) October 13, 2022
- Donald Trump admitted, in private, that he lost re-election.
“President Trump’s former campaign manager [Brad Pascale] told us he understood that Trump planned as early as July that he would say he won the election even if he lost” – @RepZoeLofgren in the #January6thCommitteeHearings pic.twitter.com/tBwEWdVeZE
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) October 13, 2022
- When the Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud as false, Trump didn’t want to tell the American people the truth: that he fairly lost.
Cassidy Hutchinson says Trump was “just raging” after SCOTUS rejected his case.
He asked “Why didn’t we make more calls?” and told Meadows “I don’t want people to know we lost, Mark. This is embarrasing,” according to her testimony.
WATCH pic.twitter.com/iiB1BDMq5w
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) October 13, 2022
Meadows to Hutchinson after the Raffensberger shakedown call:
“He knows it’s over. he knows he lost. but we’re going to keep trying”— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) October 13, 2022
- Two days before January 6, an insurrectionist said Trump would ask his supporters to march to the Capitol.
NEW: Jan. 4, 2021 texts pic.twitter.com/1jqEEaqkuR
— Matt Laslo (@MattLaslo) October 13, 2022
- As early as December 2020, the Secret Service knew Trump supporters planned to march to DC armed and outnumber and overwhelm the police. Trump went forward with the January 6 rally and insurrection.
January 6th committee reveals new Secret Service communications from before the attack, including one tip that “Proud Boys planned to march armed into D.C.”
Source: “Their plan is to literally kill people. Please please take this tip seriously and investigate further.” pic.twitter.com/vjXdTBQfuO
— The Recount (@therecount) October 13, 2022
Rep. Schiff: “Evidence shows Trump was aware of the risk of violence – the FBI, Capitol Police, metropolitan police, and other agencies gathered and disseminated intelligence suggesting the possibility of violence at the Capitol prior to the riot.” #January6thCommitteeHearings pic.twitter.com/6vHyW14PCL
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) October 13, 2022
Trump knew the crowd was armed.
He knew what they wanted to do.
He sent them to the Capitol for a reason.
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 13, 2022
A former White House employee with national security responsibilities explained to the Committee that they were specifically informed of Trump’s “irate” behavior in the Presidential SUV when the Secret Service told him it was far too dangerous to go to the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/HxAm9Jlcu3
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) October 13, 2022
- The January 6 Committee, Democrats and Republicans, voted unanimously to subpoena Donald Trump for documents and testimony under oath for his role in the attack on our country.
🚨 BREAKING: The @January6thCmte has voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump in their investigation into the #Jan6 attack on our country 🚨
— Common Cause (@CommonCause) October 13, 2022
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