New evidence to show Trump was warned of violence on Jan. 6

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Surveillance footage the committee plans to share was taken near the Ellipse that morning before Trump’s speech and shows throngs of his supporters clustered just outside the corralled area for his “Stop the Steal” rally. Secret Service officers screened those entering who sought to get closer to the stage.

Law enforcement officials who were monitoring video that morning spotted Trump supporters with plastic shields, bulletproof vests and other paramilitary gear, and some in the Secret Service concluded they stayed outside the rally area to avoid having their weapons confiscated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/12/new-evidence-show-trump-was-warned-violence-jan-6/
 
"Other internal emails likely to be revealed at the hearing further buttress accounts about staff members warning Trump about the risk and then the reality of violence that day, as he continued to press nervous Secret Service agents to take him to the Capitol to join his supporters marching there.

After being alerted to violence erupting at the Capitol when he returned to the White House, Trump tweeted criticism of Vice President Mike Pence for not blocking the certification of the election, whipping up supporters who had already trampled over security barricades and were battling police to break into the halls of Congress."
 
BidenPresident said:
Surveillance footage the committee plans to share was taken near the Ellipse that morning before Trump’s speech and shows throngs of his supporters clustered just outside the corralled area for his “Stop the Steal” rally. Secret Service officers screened those entering who sought to get closer to the stage.

Law enforcement officials who were monitoring video that morning spotted Trump supporters with plastic shields, bulletproof vests and other paramilitary gear, and some in the Secret Service concluded they stayed outside the rally area to avoid having their weapons confiscated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/12/new-evidence-show-trump-was-warned-violence-jan-6/
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You "don't read links" but you post them.

Anyway, this is a good one for those who can access the Post. I think we all knew Trump was in on the thing but it's nice to have it for court or the next impeachment trial in the sad event that becomes necessary.
 
A guide to the biggest moments in the Jan. 6 hearings so far

1. The committee holds Trump responsible for the attack on the Capitol

He knew protesters came to his “Stop the Steal” rally armed — with “knives, guns in the form of pistols and rifles, bear spray, body armor, spears and flagpoles,” said former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson — and he urged them to go to the Capitol anyway.

Hutchinson also testified that a member of the president’s security team told her that Trump, in the presidential vehicle, tried to physically wrestle a Secret Service agent into taking him to the Capitol. Upon returning to the White House, Trump sat back for hours as the violence grew and didn’t once pick up the phone to call the military to step in and stop it, the committee says.

Also, urging protesters to go to the Capitol in that Jan. 6 speech may not have been spontaneous on Trump’s part: The committee shared a draft tweet that Trump had seen (but didn’t send) encouraging people to march to the Capitol.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/21/january-6-hearings-guide/
 
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