BACK. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MS. CHENEY.
>> Ms. Cheney: THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIRMAN.
LET ME PUT WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN
TODAY BROAD ERR CONTEXT.
AT THE OUTSET OF OUR HEARINGS
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MULTI PART
PLAN TO OVERTURN THE 2020
ELECTION.
OUR HEARINGS HAVE NOW COVERED
ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE
ELEMENTS.
AN ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN TO
PERSUADE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
OF A FALSEHOOD THAT THE 2020
ELECTION WAS STOLEN BY
WIDESPREAD FRAUD.
A CORRUPT EFFORT TO PRESSURE
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE TO REFUSE
TO COUNT ELECTORAL VOTES.
AN EFFORT TO CORRUPT THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
EFFORTS TO PRESSURE STATE
ELECTION OFFICIALS AND
LEGISLATORS TO CHANGE STATE
ELECTION RESULTS.
A SCHEME TO CREATE AND SUBMIT
FAKE ELECTORAL SLATES FROM
MULTIPLE STATES.
AND TODAY, YOU SAW HOW
PRESIDENT TRUMP SUMMONED A MOB
TO WASHINGTON FOR JANUARY 6TH
AND THEN KNOWING THAT THAT MOP
MOB WAS ARMED DIRECTED THAT
MOB TO THE UNITED STATES
CAPITOL.
EVERY ONE OF THESE ELEMENTS OF
THE PLANNING FOR JANUARY 6TH
IS AN INDEPENDENTLY SERIOUS
MATTER.
THEY WERE ALL ULTIMATELY
FOCUSED ON OVERTURNING THE
ELECTION.
AND THEY ALL HAVE ONE OTHER
THING IN COMMON.
DONALD TRUMP PARTICIPATED IN
EACH SUBSTANTIALLY AND
PERSONALLY.
HE OVERSAW OR DIRECTED OF THE
ACTIVITY OF THOSE INVOLVED.
NEXT WEEK WE WILL RETURN TO
JANUARY 6TH ITSELF.
AS WE HAVE SHOWN IN PRIOR
HEARINGS, DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
LEGAL TEAM LED BY RUDY
GIULIANI, WERE WORKING ON
JANUARY 6TH TO DELAY OR HALT
CONGRESS’ COUNTING OF
ELECTORAL VOTES.
THE MOB ATTACKING AND INVADING
THE CAPITOL OF THAT AFTERNOON
OF JANUARY 6TH WAS ACHIEVING
THAT RESULT.
AND FOR MULTIPLE HOURS, DONALD
TRUMP REFUSED TO INTERVENE TO
STOP IT.
HE WOULD NOT INSTRUCT THE MOB
TO LEAVE OR CONTEMPT
VIOLENCE.
HE WOULD NOT ORDER THEM TO
EVACUATE THE CAPITOL AND
OFFICERS.
DISPERSE.
OFFICERS. DISPERSE. THE MANY PLEAS FROM CONGRESS
DID NO GOOD.
HIS STAFF INSISTED THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALL OFF THE
ATTACK.
HE WOULD NOT.
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE MANY
THINGS YOU WILL HEAR NEXT WEEK
FROM MR. CIPOLLONE.
>> I WAS AND [INAUDIBLE]
>> WAS IT NECESSARY FOR YOU TO
CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR A
STATEMENT DIRECTING PEOPLE TO
LEAVE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT
PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL IT WAS
ULTIMATELY ISSUED AFTER --
>> I FELT IT WAS MY OBLIGATION
TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THAT
AND OTHERS FELT IT WAS THEIR
OBLIGATION AS WELL.
>> WOULD IT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE
AT ANY MOMENT FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO WALK DOWN TO THE
PODIUM AND THE BRIEFING ROOM
AND TALK TO THE NATION AT ANY
TIME BETWEEN WHEN YOU FIRST
GAVE HIM THAT ADVICE AT 2:00
AND 4:17 WHEN THE VIDEO
STATEMENT WENT OUT?
WOULD IT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
>> WOULD IT HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE?
>> YES.
>> YES, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE.
>> Ms. Cheney: YOU WILL HEAR
THAT DONALD TRUMP NEVER PICKED
UP THE PHONE THAT DAY TO ORDER
HIS ADMINISTRATION TO HELP
THERE IS NOT AMBIGUOUS.
DID HE NOT CALL THE MILITARY,
HIS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
RECEIVED NO ORDER.
HE DID NOT CALL HIS ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
DID HE NOT TALK TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY.
MIKE PENCE DID ALL OF THOSE
THINGS.
DONALD TRUMP DID NOT.
WE WILL WALK THROUGH THE
EVENTS OF JANUARY 6TH NEXT
WEEK MINUTE BY MINUTE.
AND ONE MORE ITEM.
AFTER OUR LAST HEARING.
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 AND INSTEAD
ALERTED THEIR LAWYER TO THE
CALL.
THEIR LAWYER ALERTED US.
AND THIS COMMITTEE HAS
SUPPLIED THAT INFORMATION TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
LET ME SAY ONE MORE TIME WE