THE LARGEST REVELATION CAME JUST
AS THE HEARING WAS WRAPPING UP.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING NEW
FALLOUT AFTER REPUBLICAN VICE
CHAIR LIZ CHENEY DROPPED A BIG
BOMBSHELL AT THE END OF
TUESDAY'S JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE
HEARING SUGGESTING FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTEMPTED TO
TAMPER WITH AN UNNAMED COMMITTEE
WITNESS.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIED TO CALL
A WITNESS IN OUR INVESTIGATION.
A WITNESS YOU HAVE NOT YET SEEN
IN THESE HEARINGS.
THAT PERSON DECLINED TO ANSWER
OR RESPOND TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
CALL.
>> Reporter: A TRUMP
SPOKESPERSON BLASTING CHENEY,
ACCUSING HER OF TRAFFICKING
INNUENDOS AND LIES WITHOUT
SPECIFICALLY RESPONDING TO HER
STATEMENT.
AT THE START OF THE HEARING,
CHENEY AIMING TO PIN
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FORMER
PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS ON HIM NOT
OUTSIDE ADVISORS.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A
76-YEAR-OLD MAN.
HE IS NOT AN IMPRESSIONABLE
CHILD.
>> Reporter: THE HEARING ALSO
INCLUDED NEW TAPED TESTIMONY
FROM FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE
COUNSEL.
>> I BELIEVE HE SHOULD CONCEDE
THE ELECTION AT A POINT IN TIME?
YES, I DID.
>> Reporter: IN ONE OF THE MOST
DRAMATIC MOMENTS, THE COMMITTEE
RECONSTRUCTING AN EXPLOSIVE
SIX-HOUR WHITE HOUSE MEETING
FROM DECEMBER 18th, 2020, WHEN
HE AND OTHERS INTERRUPTED AN
UNSUPERVISED
UNSUPERVISED OVAL OFFICE
DISCUSSION BETWEEN MR. TRUMP AND
OUTSIDE ADVISORS.
>> AND WE'RE ASKING ONE SIMPLE
QUESTION.
AS A GENERAL MATTER.
WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?
>> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE
ARGUING THIS TWEET SENT HOURS
AFTER THAT MEETING WHERE MR.
TRUMP CALLED FOR A "BIG PROTEST
IN D.C. ON JANUARY 6th" BE
THERE, WE'LL BE WILD.
TRIGGERED PROMINENT FAR RIGHT
GROUPS TO START PLANNING.
>> HE IS NOW CALLING ON WE THE
PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION.
>> Reporter: INCLUDING THE
EXTREMEST
EXTREMEST GROUP THE OATH KEEPERS
AND STEPHEN AIRS A FORMER TRUMP
SUPPORTER CHARGED WITH
DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR ENTERING
THE CAPITOL.
HE SAID HE WAS FOLLOWING MR.
TRUMP'S ORDERS.
>> BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE
PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, GOT
EVERYBODY RILED UP, TOLD
EVERYBODY HEAD ON DOWN.
WE BASICALLY JUST FOLLOWING WHAT
HE SAID.
>> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE ALSO
AIMED TO SHOW THERE WAS MORE
PLANNING THAT WENT INTO JANUARY
6th THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
SAID PRIOR TO THE RIOT MR. TRUMP
REVIEWED A DRAFT OF A TWEET IN
WHICH HE DIRECTLY CALLED THE
CROWD TO MARCH TO THE CAPITOL
AFTER HIS SPEECH.
NOW THAT TWEET WAS NEVER SENT.
THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTED IT'S
JUST ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE
SHOWING MR. TRUMP AND INNER
CIRCLE HAD DISCUSSED PLANS FOR
HIM TO GO TO THE CAPITOL AFTER
HE SPOKE TO THE CROWD THAT DAY.
>> YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE THING.
THE HEARING SO FAR, SEVEN OF
THEM, NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO BE
IN PRIME TIME.
THAT HEARING IS GOING TO BE IN
PRIME TIME.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THAT
ONE?
DO WE KNOW ZBLETYET?
>> THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND PRIME
TIME HEARING SO FAR.
IT'S EXPECTED TO BE INCREDIBLY
EMOTIONAL.
IT'S GOING TO FOCUS ON THE 187
MINUTES OF THE ATTACK.
A MINUTE BY MINUTE RECOUNTING OF
HOW THAT HORRIFIC DAY UNFOLDED
AND HOW THE PRESIDENT FOR HOURS
DESPITE THE URGING OF HIS TOP
AIDES REFUSED TO TAKE ACTION,
REFUSED TO CALL OFF THE RIOTERS.
AND TAKING A STEP BACK ON A
PERSONAL NOTE, I WAS AT THE
WHITE HOUSE THAT DAY.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT A NUMBER OF
STAFFERS ACTUALLY HAD TEARS IN
THEIR EYES.
THEY WERE OPENLY OUTRAGED AND SO
DISAPPOINTED THAT THEIR BOSS WAS
NOT TAKING ACTION.
I THINK THE BIG QUESTION IS THIS
THE LAST HEARING THE COMMITTEE
CHAIR SAID IT'S THE LAST ONE AT
THIS POINT.
SO STAY TUNED.
>> OKAY.
SO PEOPLE -- SOME PEOPLE ARE
WATCHING ALL OF THESE HEARINGS
AND WONDERING, I SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
WHAT'S THE POINT?
WHAT'S THE END GAME?
WHAT DO THEY WANT AS A RESULT?
IS THIS A CRIMINAL -- ARE THEY
EXPECTING CRIMINAL CHARGES?
>> THAT'S THE KEY QUESTION,
HODA.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS SAID HE
IS WATCHING THESE PROCEEDINGS
VERY CLOSELY.
BUT WILL THERE BE CRIMINAL
CHARGES?
LOOK, THESE ALLEGATIONS OF
WITNESS TAMPERING MAY BE THE
MOST LEGALLY PROBLEMATIC FOR
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE COMMITTEE IS TRYING TO SHOW
THERE WAS A PATTERN BETWEEN THE
FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS ALLIES
OF WITNESS TAMPERING.
BUT I ALSO BEEN TALKING TO
FORMER PROSECUTORS WHO SAY AT
THIS POINT THEY HAVE SEEN A LOT
OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT
HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT THIS
HEARING.
BUT IT'S STILL AN OPEN QUESTION
WHETHER THERE IS ENOUGH DIRECT
EVIDENCE.
AND THAT'S THE KEY.
DIRECT EVIDENCE AGAINST THE