New video shows Donald Trump literally unable to say he lost election
Donald Trump responded furiously to the January 6 committee’s latest televised hearing, which focused on his refusal to call off the mob of supporters who violently attacked Congress.
Mr Trump was particularly incensed by the testimony of former deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, who resigned immediately after the riot. “15 minutes of fame” Matthews, who I didn’t know, is clearly lying,” he wrote in a statement.
Vice chair Liz Cheney said at the close of the hearing that the committee would hold further sessions in September to unveil further evidence it is still receiving. “Doors have opened, new subpoenas have been issued, and the dam has begun to break,” she said.
Amid damning details of Mr Trump’s inaction during the attacks on Congress, the panel screened outtakes from a speech the then-president gave on 7 January, and two administration staffers who resigned after the Capitol riot testified in person.
They also covered the efforts by White House staff to try and get Mr Trump to act as the rioters began to breach the Capitol and desperate radio communications from Mike Pence’s security detail.
