Rebecca Kaplan

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley told the committee he spoke with Pence two or three times and Pence was "very animated, very direct, very firm" as he called for the National Guard to be deployed to the Capitol. — PolitiTweet.org

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The committee is now showing never-before-seen video of McConnell and Schumer calling acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller saying they need to finish the vote count and asking how long it would take to clear the building. — PolitiTweet.org

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After he was unsuccessful in persuading Trump to tell the rioters to go home, @GOPLeader called Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to ask for their help, according to video testimony from Kushner himself and Ivanka Trump's chief of staff. — PolitiTweet.org

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The committee is now playing video from rioters recalling that the chatter in the crowd was about their disappointment that Pence was going to certify the electoral college votes. — PolitiTweet.org

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Audio from an interview with an anonymous national security official in the White House reveals that members of VP Pence's security detail were starting to fear for their lives as rioters stormed the Capitol and they frantically looked for a way to evacuate him. — PolitiTweet.org

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Clarification: he was not calling military, national security or police personnel. He was calling senators and his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani. The committee shows that Fox News was playing field reports about the riot and pictures as one 4-minute call with Giuliani ended. — PolitiTweet.org

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The White House call logs and daily diary don't show what he was doing and the White House photographer was kept away. The committee is now showing testimony from various White House aides and personnel that Trump made no phone calls regarding the attack. — PolitiTweet.org

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Luria says Trump knew within 15 minutes of the end of his Ellipse rally that the Capitol was under siege, and then he spent two hours in his private dining room with the TV tuned to Fox News. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Secret Service has disputed this characterization, but without statements by the agents involved. Today the committee shows testimony from ret. MPD Sgt. Mark Robinson, who was in the motorcade and heard radio traffic about the Trump's anger at not being taken to the Capitol. — PolitiTweet.org

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The committee is revisiting Trump's ride from the Ellipse back to the White House. Cassidy Hutchinson testified earlier this month that she was told about a heated confrontation in the car in which Trump lunged at an agent who refused to drive him with the Capitol. — PolitiTweet.org

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Tonight's witnesses in person were Trump White House aides: Matthew Pottinger, the deputy national security adviser, and Sarah Matthews, a deputy press secretary. — PolitiTweet.org

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During @AdamKinzinger's opening remarks, he plays a clip of @GOPLeader on the House floor on January 13th, saying Trump "bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters." Both he and Cheney - forsaken by their colleagues - have invoked McCarthy's reactions. — PolitiTweet.org

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The @January6thCmte is focusing tonight on the 187 minutes between the end of Trump's rally on the Ellipse and the release of a video he taped at 4:17 PM calling on rioters to leave the Capitol. More hearings coming in September, @BennieGThompson and @Liz_Cheney said. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MacFarlaneNews: Reminder of where Rep Bennie Thompson (D-MS) was barricaded as the mob converged on Jan 6, 2021 https://t.co/T4zxVguM7g — PolitiTweet.org

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Cheney says that after the last hearing Trump tried to contact a witness the committee hasn’t yet revealed publicly. The person declined the contact and told their lawyer - who referred it to DOJ. — PolitiTweet.org

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He marched to the Capitol - not in his original plan - because of Trump’s speech. He later left because of Trump’s tweet to leave and speculated that if the tweet had come earlier the situation might not have been as bad. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked whether it would have helpful to know that Trump had no evidence of widespread fraud, Ayers says yes - and that he might not have come that day. — PolitiTweet.org

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An Ohio man who attended the 1/6 rally named Stephen Ayers is now testifying before the committee. He says he followed Trump on various social media sites and when Trump said to come to Washington on the 6th, he felt he had to be there. — PolitiTweet.org

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“I think the Vice President did the right thing, I think he did the courageous thing,” Pat Cipollone told the committee during his deposition last week. He said he only believed Pence had the authority to do exactly what he did on the 6th. — PolitiTweet.org

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Now, the committee is showing communications between rally organizers and draft tweets that the president was planning to call for a march to the Capitol on the 6th as early as January 2, but was keeping it under wraps. — PolitiTweet.org

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Committee is now showing a montage of right-wing personalities calling on people to come to DC on 1/6 after Trump’s tweet promising a “wild” protest. — PolitiTweet.org

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Cassidy Hutchinson texted Tony Ornato, the deputy chief of staff, calling the meeting “UNHINGED.” And later that night she took a photo of Mark Meadows escorting Rudy Giuliani off campus. — PolitiTweet.org

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The 12/18/20 meeting turned into a contentious standoff between Trump’s outside advisers-Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Patrick Byrne, Michael Flynn-and WH counsel Pat Cipollone and adviser Eric Herschmann, per the descriptions given by the meeting attendees. Lots of screaming — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepRaskin shows a draft executive order from 12/16- 2 days after the electoral college met to certify the election, which many of Trump’s WH advisors say was the end of the line for his campaign - ordering the seizure of voting machines. Drafted by outside legal team. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MacFarlaneNews: Cipollone told Committee there were assurances from Mark Meadows, beginning in Nov. 2020, that Trump would eventually m… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepRaskin says that by identifying January 6th as a target in his Dec. 19th tweet summoning people to DC, he strengthened the bonds among far right groups and helped them organize their efforts. — PolitiTweet.org

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Cheney also says in opening stmt that the defense has changed among Trump’s inner circle. Whereas people previously said Trump did nothing wrong, they now say he was being manipulated by outside groups. “President Trump is a 76 year old man. He is not an impressionable child.” — PolitiTweet.org

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As today’s @January6thCmte hearing kicks off, @RepLizCheney says this hearing will cover the period from 12/14/20 to the morning of 1/6/21. Most of the focus will be on the far-right groups who were involved. — PolitiTweet.org

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More details on who Van Tatenhove and Ayres, with @MacFarlaneNews and @NikolenDC: https://t.co/6k0aOrAJbR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RebeccaRKaplan: Tuesday's @January6thCmte hearing, focused on far-right groups, will feature testimony from former Oath Keepers spokesm… — PolitiTweet.org