>>>> Good eveving.
Earlier R is week I received aa
positive covid diagnosos.
Per CDC guidelines, I received
the initial twowo shots and all of
the boososrs.
Thth far, I have been blessed to
experienen very minimal
symptoms.
Because I am still quarantnting,
I cannnn P pticipate in person
with M colleagues.
I have asked vice chair Cheney
to preside over thth evening's
hearing, inclulung maintaining
order ininhe room and swearing
in ouritnesses.
Over the last montntand a half,
E select committee Hasas told a
story Y a president who didid
everything I ihis power to
overturn an electioio
heied, he bullied, he betrarad
S oath.
Heried to desesoy our
democratic institutitis.
He summonedd a mob to washington.n.
Terward, on January 6 6 when he
ew that the assembledd mob was
heavily armed andnd angry, he
commanded the mob to go to the
capital and H he E ehatically
commended D E heavily armed mob
to fight likik hell.
For the wewes between thehe
November electioioand January 6 6
Donald truru was a force to be
reckoned witit
he shrugss O O the C crect a ice
of hisisnowledgeable and
sensible a aisors.
Stead,e R rklessly blalad a
path O oawlessness and
cocouption, the cost of whihi
democracy be damnene.
And then he stopped.
For 187 minutes on January 6,
thiiman -his M M W wh
bridled destructive enengy
could nonobe moved, not by H H
aides, not B by his a aies, not by
the violent chantss of rioters O or
desperate P pas of those facing
down the riot.t.
Anan more telelngly, Donald Trump
ignored and disregarded T T
desperate pleasasf his own
family, includidi ivanka andnd donon
Jr., even though he was S E only
pepeon in the world who couou
call O O the mob heeent to the
capipil, he could not be movov
to rise from his D ding room
tatae and walk theheew steps
dodo the white house hallway
into the press B befing room,
where camerasasere anxiousus andnd
sperately waiting too carryry hisis
message to the armrm and violent
mob savagely beating G D killili
law enforcrcent offffers,
revengngg the capital and
huntntg down the vice presisint
and vavaous members of congress
he couldldot be moved.
This evening, my colleagags, Mr.
Kinsinger of illinoioi and Ms.
Luria ofirginia, will take youou
inside the W wte house during
those 187 minutes..
We also rememd you of what was
happpping at the capitalalinute
by minute as the violent part of
Donald Trump's schememto cling
totoower unraveled while he
ignored his advdvors, stood by
and watched T tm unfold on
television.
Let me offer a final thoughtht
about the sesect committee's
work so far.
Asas we made clear thrououout
these heheings, ourwe continue to receive new
information every day..
We continue T thear from
tnesses.
We will reconvene in N ptember
totoontinue laying out ourur
findings to the amamican people.
Buts that work goes forward,, a
mber of facts are clear.
There can be no doubt that there
was a coordinated multistepep
effort to oveveurnn election
overseen andndirected, by Donald
Trump.
There can be no O ubt that he
commanded a mobob a mobe knew
was heavily a aed, violent O O
the and anany, to March on the
capital to try and stop thth
peaceful T tnsfer ofower.
And D made targets out of his
own vice preredent and the
lawmakers gathered to O the
peoplel's work.
Theseeacac have gone U uisputed
, and so there N nds to be
accountabilili, accountabilityy
under the law, accountabilily to
the americananeople.
Accocotability at every level,
om the local precinctstsn
many states where Donald Trump
and his allili attacked elececon
wowoers for just doing thehe
jobs, all the wayay up T the oval
officecewhere Donald Trump
embraced theheegal advice of
insurrectionists thaha a felelw
judgdghas alreadydy said W W a
coup in sesech of a legal
theoryry
ouou dememracy withstood thehe
attack on jajaary 6.
If there I noo accountntility
R January 6 F F every part of
this scheme, I fear R will not
ovovcome the ongoing threaea to
our democracy.
There must be stitiff consequences
fofothose responsible.
Now I'll turn thingsgsver to our