the dining room is connected to the oval office by a short hallway. witnesses told us that on january 6, president trump sat in his usual spot at the head of the table facing a television hanging on the wall. we know from the employee that tv was tuned to fox news all afternoon. here you can see fox news on the tv show in coverage of the joint session that was airing that day at one. 25. other witnesses confirmed that president trump was in the dining room with the tv on for more in 2 and a half hours. there was no official record of what president trump did while in the dining room. on the screen is the presidential call logs from january 6? as you can see, there's no official record. president trump receiving or placing a call between 11 0, 6, and 06:54pm. as to what the president was doing that afternoon. the presidential daily diary is also silent. it contains no information from the period between one 21 pm and 04:00:03pm. there are also no photos of president trump during this critical period between one 21 in the oval office. and when you went

as soon as he returned to the oval about the riot at the capital, let me repeat that. within 15 minutes of leaving the stage president trump knew that the capitol was besieged and under attack. at 125 president trump went to the private dining room, off the oval office from 125 until 4 o'clock. the president stayed in his dining room just to give you a sense of where the dining room is situated and the west wing. let's take a look at this floor plan. the dining room is connected to the oval office by a short hallway. witnesses told us that on january 6th, president trump sat in his usual spot at the head of the table, facing a television hanging on the wall. we know from the employee that stevie was turned to fox news all afternoon. here you can see fox news on the tv showing coverage of the joint session that was airing that day at 125. other witnesses confirmed that president trump was in the dining room with the tv on for more than 2 and a half hours. there was no official record of what president trump did while in the dining room. on the screen is the presidential

>> molly ran sort of the outer oval. she was the person who sat at the desk outside of the oval office. you could not get into the oval office except through the back doors, which very few people used. 95% of the people who would come into the oval office would walk past molly's desk. she knew all the time who was in there. she knew who the president was on the phone with, if the door is open, she could hear and see into the oval office. again, i don't know what we'll see from her tonight. obviously, she's not testifying live. but if she's testifying on video, it will be curious to see somewhat she heard and saw. that's firsthand testimony. a lot of what we heard from cassidy hutchinson, she admits the -- >> the limo and suv story and ketchup story was hearsay. everything else she heard. >> molly will be in a position -- most of what she might testify to is things she seen and heard herself because of where she physically sat. >> lastly, the wisconsin assembly speaker said trump called him last week as part of a new effo

when does the president leave the oval office, when does the president come into the oval office, howet with a person, what calls do they get. so highly unusual that somehow there is three hours just simply missing from that log. and also highly unusual that nobody would have gone in there or that the president would have picked up the phone and does a lot of calls or what not. so again, highly unusual. the whole day obviously highly unusual. but really bizarre that somehow that is all missing along with what appears to be a lot of texts as well. >> and i can attest to the fact thaty desk is just a few steps beyond the briefing room. and so it is one thing to walk there and say something to the nation, but another thing to have him face reporters' questions and they didn't want him do that because they didn't trust what his answer would be and he would go over whatever little script they had given him. but i wanted to ask you about what you saw from last night about the outtakes. yes, on january 6, but more importantly the next day where he was very clear on january 7 that he didn't w

>> yes, the other oval office.> and i'm not exactly sure where the sydney group went. i think maybe the roosevelt room. i stayed in the cabinet, which is kind of cool, i really like that. all by myself. >> at the end of the day, we landed where we started the meeting, at least from a structural standpoint, which was, sydney powell was fighting. mike flynn was fighting. they were looking for outlets that would enable, that would result in president trump remaining president trump for a second term. >> the meeting finally ended after midnight. here are text messages sent by cassidy hutchinson, during and after the meeting. as you can see, miss hutchinson reported that the meeting in the west wing was unhinged. the meeting finally broke up after midnight, during the early morning of december 19th. cassidy hutchinson captured the moment of mark meadows escorting rudy giuliani off the white house grounds, to quote, make sure he didn't wander back into the mansion. >> otherwise, he might have wondered back to the mansion

it is a stain on the oval office. and it was clearly the catalyst for trump targeting january 6th, as the combination when there were no legal strategies lasting, and was now just time to use violence, to stop the peaceful transfer of power. this is what happens in banana republics around the country. this does not happen in the united states. but they are still at it, lawrence. they're still trying to pave the way to do it again in 2024. >> i think we have to stop saying it doesn't happen in the united states. since we just heard it described, as happening in the actual oval office. and, i want to go to a piece of the video with pat cloning, where liz cheney asked him about the need to abide by the rules of the courts, and how the president must abide by the rules of the courts. and she asked him something else there too, which i think is gonna be important next week. let's listen to that. >> everybody, everybody is obligated to abide by the rules of the courts. >> and i assume you also would agree, the president has

the next day the president called me to the oval office. as the door was being opened for me to walk in to the oval office, walking out of the opposite side of the oval office and chuckling were haldeman and ehrlichman. it was one of my interesting meetings with the president. he said i've drafted up some letters. why don't you take a look, which he slides them across his desk, and i read them. and i first of all realize they were open confessions. he gave me a blanket resignation letter, actually two of them, had i resigned, i would be admitting to whatever they claimed i was admitting to. i later learned they were drafted by ehrlichman, and that didn't surprise me. i understood how the white house worked, that people at the top didn't take responsibility, but rather blamed somebody else. create a scapegoat. >> was standard operating procedure. i made it very clear i wouldn't consider signing either of them. after that conversation, i realize i have failed to convince my colleagues and nixon that this thing has got to end, and i'm going to

let's hear from the white house aides in the oval office that night. >> i was in the office in the oval office when he had asked me to open the door so that he could hear, i guess there was a concert or a, something going on. >> did he say anything other than just open the door? >> he made a comment, i don't remember specifically what he said, but a lot of energy. >> when we walked in, the staff was kind of standing up and assembled along the wall, and the president was at the desk and dan scavino was on the couch and the president was dictating a tweet that he wanted him to send out. then the president started talking about the rally the next day. he had the door of the oval open to the rose garden because you could hear the crowd already assembled outside on the ellipse and they were playing music and it was so loud that you could feel it shaking in the oval. he was in a very good mood, and i say that because he had not been in a good mood for weeks leading up to that, and then it seemed like he was in a fantastic mood that evening. >> being asked if -- if members of congress would be

the dining room is connected to the oval office by a short hallway. witnesses told us that on january 6th, president trump sat in his usual spot at the head of the table facing a television hanging on the wall. we know from the employees that the tv was tuned to fox news all afternoon. here you can see fox news on the tv showing coverage of the joint session that was airing that day at 1:25. other witnesses confirmed that president trump was in the dining room with the tv on for more than 2 1/2 hours. there was no official record of what president trump did well in the dining room. on the screen is the presidential call log from january 6. as you can see, there is no official record of president trump receiving or placing a call between 11:06 and 6:54 p.m. as of what the president was doing that afternoon, the presidential daily diary is also silent. it contains no information from the period between 1:21 p.m. and 4:23 p.m. there is also no president photos of president trump in this critical period before he went out to the rose garden. the chief whi

they made their way to the oval office.ble to speak to the president by themselves for some time. they traded insult and even challenges to physically fight. the meeting would last over six hours beginning here in the oval office, moving around the west wing and many hours later ending up in the president's private residence. they spoke with six participate participants what happened next was what was best heard in this video. >> did you think you were going to see the president? >> i had no idea. >> did you get to see the president without an appointment? >> we did. >> how many people with you before the crowd came reason running? >> maybe ten or 15 minutes. >> i opened the door and i saw general flynn and sidney powell. i was not happy to see the people in the oval office. i walked in and i looked at him and i said, who are you? he told me. i didn't think the president was getting good advice. i didn't understand how they had gotten in. >> did the president seem receptive to the presentation that you were make something.

let's hear from the white house aides in the oval office that night. >> i was in the office, in the oval office. he had asked me to open the door so he could hear, i guess there was a concert, something going on -- >> did he say anything other than open the door? >> he made a comment, i don't remember specifically what he said, but there was a lot of energy. >> when we walked in, and the staff was kind of standing up and assembled along the wall. the president was at the desk. -- was on the couch. the president was dictating a tweet he wanted scavino to send out. then the president started talking about the rally the next day. he had the door of the oval opened to the rose garden, because you could hear the crowd already assembled outside on the ellipse. they were playing music. it was so loud that you could feel it shaking in the oval. he was in a very good mood. i say that because he had not been in a good mood for weeks leading up to that. then it seemed like he was in a fantastic mood that evening. >> being asked if members of congress would be with him tomorrow. >> what did you unde

much of it spent watching tv in his room right off the oval office. looking live at the hearing room. members of the committee about to enter. >> the committee will come to order. >> the vice chair, liz cheney. >>> good evening. earlier this week i received a positive covid diagnosis. per cdc guidelines i received the initial two shots and all of the boosters. thus far, i have been blessed to experience very minimal symptoms. because i'm still quarantined, i cannot participate in person with my colleagues. i've asked our vice chair, ms. cheney, to preside over this evening's hearing including maintaining order in the room and swearing in our witnesses. over the last month and a half the select committee has told a story of a president who did everything in his power to overturn an election. he lied, he bullied, he betrayed his oath. he tried to destroy our democratic institutions. he summoned a mob to washington. afterward on january 6, when he knew the simple mob was heavily armed and angry, he commanded the mob to go to the capitol, and he emphatica

the meeting would last over six hours, beginning here in the oval office. moving around the west wing and, many hours later, and a up in the presidents private residence. the select committee has spoken with six of the participants, as well as staffers who could hear the screaming from outside the oval office. what took place next is best told in their own words, as you will see from this video. >> did you believe that is going to work? they are going to be able to see the president without an appointment? >> i had no idea. >> in fact, you don't get to see the president with an appointment? >> we did. >> how much time did you have with the president? i say alone, you had other people with you, but with his aides before the crowd came wanting? >> probably no more than ten or 15 minutes. i think any set a new land speed record. >> i got a call, either from mali, that i need to get to the oval office. >> it's the first point i had recognized, okay, there is nobody in there from the white house. mark is gone, what's going on right now? >> i opened the door and

butterfield, are you aware of any lighting devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes sir. >> that was richard nixon's deputy assistant, alexander butterfield, testifying to the senate watergate committee under subpoena, like cost cassidy hutchinson, and like don john dean, alexander b.o.l.o. butterfield did not volunteer to -- we he didn't think that that's what he was doing. john dean had already testified to the committee, and his testimony was clearly against the president who served. john dean said that the president participated in criminal conspiracies in the oval office. but, john dean's testimony alone would not have been enough to take down richard nixon. john dean confessed to committing crimes himself, and was sentenced to less prison time, because he cooperated in testified against richard nixon. so, john dean's testimony could be dismissed by people loyal to president nixon, as something self serving and something significantly less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. then came alexander butterfield and the revel

with a meeting in the oval office. there is a lot of yelling in this meeting, it was a friday night, december 18th, 2020. about a month after the presidential election had been called for joe biden. inside the oval office, president donald trump was in an unscheduled impromptu meeting with some of the most florida election conspiracy theorists in the country. his disgraced former national security adviser mike flynn, who had gone on newsmax to call on trump to declare martial law to seize voting machines and re-run the election. also, their lawyer sydney powell, who is pushing the theory that the election had been hacked by foreign communists, somehow including the deceased former dictator of venezuela. and patrick burnham, the founder of overstock.com, who was forced to resign from that company when it was revealed that he had had an affair with the convicted russian agent -- he found a new career finding election conspiracy theories. with a group like, that it was bound to be quite a meeting. here is how it was repor

the yellow oval office. i always called it the upper.'m not exactly sure where the sidney group wt. i think maybe the roosevelt room. and i stayed in the cabinet room, which is kind of cool. i really liked that, all my -- all by myself. >> at the enof the day, we landed where we started the meeting, at ast from a structural standpoint, which was sidney powell was fighting. mike flynn was fighting. they were oking for avenues that would enable -- that wod result in president trump remaining president trump for a second term. >> the meeting finally ended after midnight. here are text messages sent by cassidy hutchinson during and after the meeting. as you can see, ms. hutchinson reported that the meeting in the west wing was unhinged. the meeting finally broke up after midnight. during the early morning of december 19, cassidy hutchinson captured the moment of mark meadows escorting rudy giuliani off the white house grounds to "make sure he didn't wander back into the mansion." certain accounts of this meeting indicate that president trump

in disbelief, a white house adviser yelled out to an aide in the oval oval office. get pat down here immediately! several minutes later, white house counsel pat cipollone walked into the oval. how will continue to elaborate on a fantastical election narrative involving venezuela, iran, china, and others. right now, people were yelling and cursing cipollone and other officials said that powell's theories were nonsensical. flynn went berserk. you're quitting! you're a quitter! you're not fighting! he exploded. flynn turned to the president and implored, sir, we need fighters! cipollone, standing his ground amidst this mismatch of conspiracies, said they were totally wrong. he aggressively defended the doj and the fbi, saying that they had looked into every major claim of fraud that had been reported. they were now in our four of a meeting, unprecedented even by the deranged standards of the final day of the trump presidency. trump and cipollone, who had frequently butted heads, went at it over whether the authority had the administration had the authority to do it pal

the dining room is connected to the oval office by a short hallway.witnesses told us on january 6, president trump sat in the usual spot at the head of the table facing a television hanging on the wall. we know from the employee the tv was tuned fox news all afternoon. you can see fox news on the tv showing coverage of the joint session that was airing that day at 1:25. other witnesses confirmed president trump was in the dining room with the tv on for more than 2.5 hours. there is no official record of what president trump did while in the dining room. on the screen is the presidential call log from january 6. as you can see, there is no official record of president trump receiving or placing a call between 11:06 and 6:54 p.m. as to what the president was doing that afternoon, the presidential daily diary is also silent. it contains no information from the period between 1 p.m. and 4:03 p.m. there are no photos of president trump during this critica period between 1:21 in the oval office and when he went outside to the rose garden after 4:00. the chi

i proceeded into the oval office.i took probably two, three steps in and i stopped, because i was, as the ag set, not exactly properly attired i was wearing jeans and muddy boots and an army t-shirt. and i never would arrive in the oval office this way and i said mister president i apologize i'm, sorry i didn't know i was going to be handy. said no, no, no, just coming. so i went in. i attempted to take a seat on one of the couches behind the chairs more right in front of the president's desk and he said, oh, no, no, no. you are going to be up here. and everyone kind of left. and they moved the chairs a little bit and some were from the white house counsel's office picked up a spare chair and put it directly in front of the president, and i took that seat. >> was there a discussion about mr. clark? kind of enlightened some of what that discussion was? >> yes. so the conversation at this point had moved beyond the specific allegation of where they're there with state farm arena or antrim county or pennsylvania or whate

and is this the yellow oval room this? yes the yellow oval room and i had very strict instructions that once the line is over. we didn't want to we didn't want to make the princess uncomfortable. so i was to stop shooting until one of their guests said oh i must have this picture this picture this picture where upon the usher quickly got a hold of me and said, what are you doing? i said well, they need those pictures and princess diana's in the picture and was like, oh, okay. and that is greeting mrs. reagan's very best friend in the world, betsy bloomingdale. and do you see anybody else in that picture way toward the back? whose photobombing you am i in that heat? he we notice this one we were screening these this morning. you're in this photograph. well, it's like the one i the picture i forgot to include in this series is i have the picture of we're coming up to diane know of diana dancing with travolta, which i didn't include because nancy was in the way in the background. yeah. well, we we will get we will get closer

. >> yes, the yellow oval office.s called it the upper. not exactly sure where the group is any pell went. maybe, the roosevelt room. i stayed in a cabinet room. that is cool. i like that. i was by myself. >> at the end of the day, we did where we started, from a structural standpoint, which was, sydney powell was fighting. mike lynn was fighting. they were looking for avenues that would enable a good result with president trump remaining president trump for a second term. >> the meeting finally ended after midnight. here the text messages sent by cassidy hutchinson before, during, and after the meeting. >> as you can see, cassidy hutchinson reported that the meeting in the west wing was unhinged. the meeting finally broke up after midnight, during the early morning of december 19. cassidy hutchinson capture the moment of mark meadows escorting rudy giuliani off the grounds, to make sure he did not want her back into the mansion. certain accounts of the meeting indicate that president trump, actually granted sydney po

i was not happy to see the people in the oval office. again, i don't think they are providing over fall, overstock person for who it was. the first thing, i walked in and looked at him. i said, who are you? he told me. i don't think any of these people were providing the president with good advice. and so, i didn't know how they gotten in. >> i think it got to the point where the screaming was completely, completely out there. you have people walking and, late at night, it's been a long day. what they were proposing, i thought, was nuts. >> i'm going to categorically describe it as, you guys are not tough enough. maybe, put it another way. you are a bunch of was. that's the word that was used. . he turned around and screamed at me. i yield back, come over or sit your butt back down. >> hearing from rudy giuliani. just a couple hours after that screaming at each, the then president sent out his infamous tweet, big protest on january 6th. be there. it will be wild. it's like he had a megaphone and his supporters heard it loud and clear. th

the dining room is connected to the oval office by a short hallway. witnesses told us on january 6, president trump sat in his usual spot, facing a television hanging on the wall. we know from the employees that the tv tuned in. they are showing coverage of the joint session that was airing that day at 1:25. other witnesses confirmed that president trump was in the dining room with the tv on for more than 2.5 hours. there was no official record of what president trump did well in the dining room. on the screen is the presidential call log from january 6. as you can see there is no official record of president trump receiving or placing a call between 11:06 and 6:54 p.m. the presidential daily diary is also silent. there are no photos of president trump during this critical time during 1:21 and the oval office and when he went outside to the rose garden. the chief white house photographer wanted to take pictures because it was in her words, very important for his archives and for history. she was told no photographs. despite the lack of photos or an of

>> yes, exactly, yellow oval office. i always call it the upper.m not exactly sure where the group went. i think maybe the roosevelt room. i stayed in the cabinet room. it's cool. i really like it there. all by myself. >> at the end of the day we landed where we started the meeting, at least from a structural standpoint, which was sydney powell who was fighting, mike flynn was fighting, they were looking for avenues that would enable -- that would result in president trump remaining president trump for a second term. for a second term. when you have technology that's easier to control... that can scale across all your clouds... so you can do more incredible things. [whistling] i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance so you can do more incredible things. through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. what are the three ps? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't inc

the dining room is connected to the oval office by a short hallway. witnesses told us that, on january 6th, president trump sat in his usual spot at the head of the table facing a television hanging on the wall. we know from the employee the tv was tuned to fox news all afternoon. here, you can see fox news on the tv showing coverage of the joint session that was airing that day at 1:25. other witnesses confirm president trump was in the dining room with the tv on for more than two and a half hours. there was no official record of what president trump did while in the dining room. on the screen is the presidential call log from january 6th. as you can see, there's no official record of president trump receiving or placing a call between 11:06 and 6:54 p.m. as to what the president was doing that afternoon, the presidential daily diary is also silent. it contains no information from the period between 1:21 p.m. and 4:03 p.m. there are also no photos of president trump during this critical period between 1:21 in the oval office and when he went outside

the dining room is connected to the oval office by a short hallway. witnesses told us that on january 6th president trump sat in his usual spot at the head of the table facing a television hanging on the wall. we know from the employee that the tv was tuned to fox news all afternoon. here you can see fox news on the tv showing coverage of the joint session that was airing that day at 1:25. other witnesses confirmed that president trump was in the dining room with the tv on for more than 2 1/2 hours. there was no official record of what president trump did while in the dining room. on the screen is the presidential call log from january 6th. as you can see there's no official record of president trump receiving or placing a call between 11:06 and 6:54:00 p.m. as to what the president was doing that afternoon, the presidential daily diary is also silent. it contains no information from the period between 1:21 and 4:03 p.m. there are also no photos of president trump during this critical period between 1:21 in the oval office and when he went outside to

that is the absolutely bonkers meeting as described here in this testimony that happened in the oval office, in the white house, between sort of donald trump's allies who were at the time pushing these frankly outlandish conspiracy theories to keep him in office, and pat cipollone, his counsel and others, a couple others, eric hirshmann who you saw literally using expletives. it turned into a brawl and became unhinged to convince donald trump, do not make sydney powell counsel. i think the key point that we will look at for the second part of this hearing is what the committee tried to do at the end right before we came back on the air. use, after that meeting, donald trump sent a tweet. it will be wild. be there january 6th. the committee is clearly trying to draw a link between that tweet and the violence that unfolded at the capitol that day. they believe that is critical to showing that donald trump knowingly incited an insurrection by sending that tweet. we saw a key piece of evidence. one of the rally organizers changing a date. the women for trump. of the previously planned ev

several minutes later, white house counsel pat cipollone walked into the oval office. powell continued to elaborate on a fan taft cal election narrative involving venezuela, iran, china, and others. by now, people were yelling and cursing. cipollone and other officials said that powell's theories were nonsensical. flynn went berserk. you're quitting. you're a quitter. you're not fighting. he exploded. and then turned to the president, sir, we need fighters. cipollone, standing his ground amidst this mishmash of conspiracies saying they were totally wrong. he aggressively dee defended the d.o.j. and the fbi saying they had looked into every major claim of fraud that had been reported. they were now in hour four of a meeting unprecedented even by the deranged standards of the final davis the trump presidency. trump and cipollone who frequently butted heads went at it over whether the administration had the authority to do what powell was proposing. end quote. by the time cipollone and other white house officials left after midnight, they were quote fully prepared for the

the dining room is connected to the oval office by a short hallway.january 6th, president trump sat in his usual spot. and the head of the table, facing a television hanging on the wall. we know from the employee that the tv was tuned to fox news all afternoon. here you can see fox news on the tv showing coverage of the joint session was airing that day at 1:25. other witnesses confirmed the president trump was in the dining room with the tv on for more than two and a half hours. there is no official record of what president trump did while in the dining room. on the screen was a presidential call logs from january six. as you can see there, is no official record of president trump receiving or placing a call between 11:06 and 6:54 pm. as to what the president was doing that afternoon, presidential daily diary is also silent. it contains no information from the period between 1:21 pm and 4:03 pm. there are also no photos of president trump during this critical period between 1:21 in the oval office and when he went outside to the rose garden after 4:0

meeting that people left in tears, that there was almost a fistfight in the oval office. it shows you how the president could ask for people to march on the capitol and leading to the insurrection. >> he tweeted that at 1:46. so approximately, less than two hours later he's pushed back the white house counsel, says can you not appoint sydney powell to be a special counsel and can you not have defense department confiscate the voting machines. so an hour and 46 minutes later he tweets, come on, it's going to be january 6, it's going to be wild. and we saw what then happened. >> yeah, andrea, as extraordinary as the details around that meeting were, we should keep focussed on what president trump himself was doing and the way that altercation, the fight around him inspired him to dig in. to lean in towards the path to violence that resulted on january 6. these were the actions that the president took. he issued that tweet to his supporters to come to washington on january 6, to be wild. he decided to side with the conspiracy theorists over his own counsel, other his own pub