THE POWER OF THE COMMITTEE SO FAR HAS BEEN
THAT THE MOST DAMNING TESTIMONY HAS BEEN FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE
FOR DONALD TRUMP, THAT WORKED IN THE WEST WING.
THESE ARE NOT DEEP STATERS OR LIBERAL DEMOCRATS.
TONIGHT WE'LL HEAR FROM DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF.
BUT THE MOST DAMNING PART, ADAM KINZINGER TWEETING OUT THIS
MORNING, PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN THE WEST WING, THE CAPITOL,
REMEMBER THAT DAY, THE CAPITOL WAS UNDER ATTACK.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE BEING BEATEN, WINDOWS BROKEN,
THE BUILDING STORMED AND RANSACKED, CHANTS OF "HANG MIKE
PE PENCE," CHANTS OF "LET'S FIND
NANCY PELOSI," THIS IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP WAS DOING --
>> WAS THE PRESIDENT IN THAT PRIVATE DINING ROOM THE WHOLE
TIME THAT THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL WAS GOING ON, WHO DID HE
GO TO -- AGAIN, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- TO THE OVAL OFFICE,
THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM, ANYWHERE ELSE?
>> TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION, HE WAS ALWAYS IN
THE DINING ROOM. >> WHAT DID THAT SAY?
MR. MEADOWS OR THE PRESIDENT? AT ALL DURING THAT BRIEF
ENCOUNTER THAT YOU WERE IN THE DINING ROOM.
WHAT DO YOU RECALL? >> I THINK EVERYBODY WAS
WATCHING THE TV. >> DO YOU KNOW WHETHER HE WAS
WATCHING TV IN THE DINING ROOM WHEN YOU TALKED TO HIM ON
JANUARY 6th? >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE
WAS WATCHING TELEVISION. >> WHEN YOU WERE IN THE DINING
ROOM, IN THESE DISCUSSIONS, WAS THE VIOLENCE HAPPENING,
PHYSICALLY, ON THE SCREEN, ON THE TELEVISION?
>> YES. >> THAT, MELANIE, IS WHAT MAKES
IT SO DAMNING, THAT'S THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL THERE, RETIRED
COUNSEL, KELLOGG THERE, KAYLEIGH McENANY.
THE PRESIDENT WAS WATCHING ON TELEVISION.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS UNDER ATTACK.
THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS BEING THREATENED.
THE PRESIDENT WAS WATCHING ON TV.
>> WE ALREADY KNEW THAT AIDES WERE GOING IN THERE AND TELLING
HIM, SO HE WAS HEARING IT WITH HIS OWN EARS.
NOW WE KNOW WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THAT HE WAS SEEING IT WITH HIS
OWN EYES. AND NOT ONLY DID HE NOT ACT, BUT
WE'VE HEARD OTHER TESTIMONY THAT HE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WAS
GOING ON, INCLUDING THE "HANG MIKE PENCE" CHAPNTS.
ADAM KINZINGER SAID HE WAS GLEEFULLY WATCHING.
AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT HIS ACTIONS LEADING UP TO
JANUARY 6th AND ON JANUARY 6th AND WE'RE STARTING TO GET A
PICTURE AFTERWARDS, INCLUDING JANUARY 7th, DURING THOSE
OUTTAKES, WHEN THAT FILM WAS FILMED, HE WAS NOT SORRY, HE WAS
NOT REMORSEFUL. HE WANTED TO CONTINUE SPREADING
THESE LIES AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WOW HE'S ACTED
EVER SINCE. >> WANTED TO CONTINUE TO CALL
THE PEOPLE WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL PATRIOTS.
PATRIOTS. NOT RIOTERS, NOT CRIMINALS.
PATRIOTS. >> RIGHT.
THIS WAS A SHOW THAT DONALD TRUMP PRODUCED, RIGHT?
IT UNFOLDED IN THE WAY THAT HE WANTED TO IT HAPPEN, FROM THAT
TWEET HE SENT AFTER THAT WHITE HOUSE MEETING, SAYING, COME TO
THE CAPITOL, IT WILL BE WILD, TO HIS PROPERTY TESTATIONS WHEN HEN
FRONT OF THAT CROWD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MARCH TO THE
CAPITOL. OF COURSE HE WAS SITTING THERE
AND WATCHING IT, BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS WERE CALLED TO THE CAPITOL
BY HIM AND DOING WHAT HE WANT THED
THEM TO DO. THE ONLY THING THAT WENT WRONG
IS IT ACTUALLY DIDN'T WORK. THEY WEREN'T ABLE ZWRTO OVERTHR
THE GOVERNMENT. MIKE PENCE DIDN'T DO WHAT DONALD
TRUMP WANTED HIM TO DO. BUT IT IS A DAMNING PORTRAIT OF
INACTION. NOT JUST A DERELICTION OF HIS
DUTY AS A PRESIDENT, BUT A DERELICTION OF HIS DUTY AS
HUMAN. SOMEONE WHO CAN STOP THIS
RAMPAGE AND VIOLENCE FROM HAPPENING, AND THERE HE IS
SITTING AND WATCHING IT OF TELEVISION.
>> AND YOU LIVED THROUGH THIS, COVERING THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE,
IF SOMETHING DIDN'T GO HIS WAY, TRUMP SAID, THAT PERSON IS A
LIAR, THEY'RE WITH THE FAKE NEWS, THEY'RE A REPUBLICAN IN
NAME ONLY, THEY'RE A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, THEY'RE THE DEEP
STATE. WE CAN SHOW YOU SOME OF THE
PEOPLE. THESE ARE TRUMP INSIDERS, SARAH
MATTHEWS, CASSIDY HUTCHINSON, PAT CIPOLLONE, THE LIST GOES ON
AND ON. THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO WORKED
WITH DONALD TRUMP, WORKED IN THE CAMPAIGN, WORKED WITH HIM TO THE
END, SOME FROM THE BEGINNING. IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE.
THEY CAN CRITICIZE HOW THE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED.
THEY CAN CRITICIZE THE DEMOCRATS ON THE COMMITTEE.
THAT TESTIMONY IS DAMNING BECAUSE IT COMES FROM PEOPLE WHO
WERE VERY LOYAL TO DONALD TRUMP UNTIL THE END.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I COVERED THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE
FOR FOUR YEARS. I COVERED THE NSC FOR QUITE A
BIT. MATTHEW POTT ITINGPOTTINGER, SA
MATHEWS, WHILE THEY MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST HOUSEHOLD NAMES,
THEY'RE VERY RESPECTED, INCLUDING MATTHEW POTTINGER,
VERY INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE TOP FOREIGN POLICY.
HIS TESTIMONY CANNOT JUST BE TOSSED OUT.
HE CANNOT BE PAINTED AS SOMEONE WHO IS JUST A LOW-LEVEL STAFFER.
AND HE, I THINK AS WELL AS SARAH MARSHALL, ARE GOING TO GO
THROUGH THE TIMELINE OF JANUARY 6th, AND NOT ONLY SHOW THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP OR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS JUST
WATCHING TV, BUT ALL THE DIFFERENT POINTS THAT HE COULD
HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING S. >> AND ALL THE PEOPLE COMING AND
BEGGING HIM TO DO THE RIGHT THING.