According to testimony, Trump dismissed pleas from his top aides, lawyers and family members and made no attempt to call in reinforcements as police were overrun
For more than three hours on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump dismissed pleas from his top aides, lawyers and family members to halt a riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, instead watching the attack unfold on Fox News as he sat in his dining room off the Oval Office.
According to several witnesses, including then-White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Keith Kellogg, a national security official, Mr. Trump made no attempt to call in reinforcements from the National Guard, FBI, Department of Justice or Homeland Security, even as police at the Capitol were overrun and beaten up and the mob stormed into the building.
“There was a lot of yelling, a lot of very personal calls over the radio.” It was, the official said, “disturbing.” Added Sarah Matthews, the deputy White House press secretary: “I remember thinking that this was going to be bad for him to tweet this because it was essentially him giving the green light to these people, telling them that what they were doing at the steps of the Capitol and entering the Capitol was okay, that they were justified in their anger.”
“I was pretty clear there needed to be an immediate and forceful statement that people need to leave the Capitol now,” Mr. Cipollone said. “There needs to be a public announcement fast.”
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