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My key takeaways: 1. Raskin said the committee will present "evidence" that proves there was coordination among then-President Donald Trump and his inner circl
by westcort 4y ago
My key takeaways:
1. Raskin said the committee will present "evidence" that proves there was coordination among then-President Donald Trump and his inner circle and his supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan 6
2. Members of the committee plan to hold those hearings in June and aim to have a report out about their investigation by the end of the summer or early fall, said Raskin, who sits on the panel
3. The plan was to use then-Vice President Mike Pence to try to get President Joe Biden's electoral vote tally below the 270 majority needed for victory, Raskin said, which under the 12th Amendment would shift the contest to a vote in the House
4. Speaking about the threats to Pence on Jan. 6 and the chants by rioters to hang him, Raskin said the vice president's Secret Service agents — including one who was carrying the nuclear football — ran down to an undisclosed place in the Capitol. Those agents, who Raskin said he suspects were reporting to Trump’s Secret Service agents, were trying to whisk Pence away from the Capitol
5. "It was a coup directed by the president against the vice president and against the Congress."
6. "He knew exactly what this inside coup they had planned for was going to do," Raskin said.
7. Pence then "uttered what I think are the six most chilling words of this entire thing I've seen so far: 'I'm not getting in that car,'" Raskin said
8. "I want people to pay attention to what’s going on here, because that’s as close to fascism as I ever want my country to come to again." "This was not a coup directed at the president," Raskin said
Chilling.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoWhat is the significance of Pence not getting in the car?