LIVE: The House Jan. 6 committee begins its second day of public hearing, which it says will focus on former President Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.
Cheney, in her opening remarks, made note of Trump's family, allies and Cabinet members pushing to sideline the president immediately after the Capitol riot. One Cabinet official, Cheney said in her opening statement,"suggested that remaining Cabinet officers take a more active role in running the White House and the administration" in Trump's final weeks.
"Not only did President Trump refuse to tell the mob to leave the Capitol, he placed no call to any element of the U.S. government to instruct that the Capitol be defended," Cheney said in her opening statement."He did not call his secretary of defense on January 6th. "In our final hearing, you will also hear a moment-by-moment account of the hourslong attack from more than a half-dozen White House staff, both live in the hearing room and via videotaped testimony," she said."There is no doubt that President Trump was well aware of the violence as it developed. White House staff urged President Trump to intervene and call off the mob."Cheney said that on Dec. 18, 2020, a group that included former Gen.
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