Rep. Luria: Thank you, Mr.
Chairmanan
without objectctn the pressing
officer R authoririd to declare
the committee and D cess at any
point.
Pursuant to housusdeposition
authority regulatatn 10,0, I
announce T tt the committee has
approved the releasesef the
depopotion material presentete
during todod's hearing.
And L L me begin tonighthty
wishing chairman thohoson a
rapid recoveryryrom covid.
He has X pillar late -- has
expertly led us through eight
heheings.
In oururnitialearing the
airman and I descrcred what
ultimately became dodold trump's
seven papa plan toto overturn thehe
2020 presidential election.
A plan stretchchg from M fore
electiti
day January 6 through
--
efforts to litigate privilege
claims have E en successfufu and
ose continue.
Doors have opened, new subpoenas
have been issued, a a the dam
has been to break.
And now,ven as we conduct our
ninth hearing, we haveve
considerably more totoo.
We have E R more evidence toto
share with T T American people
and more to gather.
Ourommittee will spend August
pursuing emerging infnfmation on
multiple fronts beforereonvening
fufuher hearings this septembmb.
Today, W W know far more E out
the presidentn's plans and
actions to overtururthe election
than almost all L mbers of
cocoress did whenresident
trtrp wasmpeached O January
13, 2021, Orr when he was T Ted
by the S sate in February O O
that year.r.
56 of 10000enators voted to
nvict president trump at thth
time.
And more thn 20 others said
they were vovong against
conviction because thehe
president's T tm had already
expipid.
Athe time the republicanan
leader of ththu.s. Senate saiai
thth about Donald Trump..
>> A mob wasasssaulting thehe
capitol inn his namam.
Theses criminals wererarrying
hihianners, hanging his F fgs,
and screamamg their loyaltyo
him.
It was obvious.
That O oy president truru could
end thihi
he wasas the only onene
>> Leader mcconnelll reaeaed
those cocolusions based on what
he knew T tn, withoho any offhe
much morordetailed evidence you
will see todod.
Lalaessness and violence begaga
at the capapol on January 6,
2020 before 1:00 P.M. And
ntinued until well afafr
darknessss fell.
Whwh exactly was ourur
commander-in-chief D dng during
the hours of V vlence?
Today we address precicily that
isis.
Everythihi you have heard in
these hearings T ts far will
lp you understand presesent
trump'p's motives during thehe
violence.
You alalady know Donald Trump's
Al, too halt or delayay cononess'
officici proceedings to count
electoral votot.
You know that donana trump tried
to pressure his S ce president
to illegally rejecec votes and
dedey the proceedings.
You know he tried toto convince
state E ficials and legislalars
to flip P eir electoral votes
from Biden to truru.
And you know donalal trump T Ted
to corrupt our department of
justice to aid his scheme.
But by janunuy 6, none of that
had worked.
Only O O thing was succeeding on
the afternooooof January 6, only
one thing was achchving
president trtrp's goal, the
angry armed mob presisint trump
sese to the capitol, brokerr
security, invaded the capapol,
and forced D E vote counting to
stop.
That mob was violent and
dedeructive, and many came
armed.
As you will hear, secrereservice
agents protecting the E ce
president were exceptitially
concerneneabout his safety and
their own.
Republican leader keken mccarthyy
was scared,d, as were others in
congress, evev thoseho
themselveses helped to provoke
violence.
And as you wiwi seeoday,
donana trump's own white housese
counsel, his own white H hse
stafaf members of his own family
alalimplored him to immediataty
intervenento condemn the
violence and instrucuc his
pporters to stand dowow leaveve
ththcapitol and disperse.
For multiplplhours, H would
not.
Nald trump would not G G on
the phone and O oer the military
or law enfnfcement agencies to
help.
And for hours, D dald trump
chose not to answer R E pleas
from congress, from his own
party, and from all across our
tion to do what his O oh
rereired.
Hehe refused T defend our nation
and consnstution.
R used T tdo what every
American president M mt.
In T T days aftereranuary 6,
almost none of any politicalal
party wouldd D dend president
trump's conduct, and no O O
should do O today.