Hawaii senator who had to flee from Jan. 6 rioters: Bombshell testimony ‘gives me chills’

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono instructed Hawaii Information Now Tuesday she was was “shaken” by bombshell testimony throughout a shock listening to by the particular Home committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

On Tuesday, a former White Home aide testified that President Trump lunged at his Secret Service after they refused to drive him to the Capitol. The aide additionally mentioned Trump knew most of the rioters had been armed, however nonetheless despatched them to the Capitol.

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“I used to be simply shaken by at the moment’s testimony specifically as a result of it actually revealed the president’s frame of mind,” mentioned Hirono.

“He knew the rioters, the insurrectionists had been storming the Capitol and had been armed. He mentioned they weren’t there to harm me and he might give a rip about them hurting anybody else,” she added.

Hirono says on Jan. 6, when members of Congress had been rushed to a protected location, they didn’t know what was occurring and later realized how shut they received to the rioters.

“Once they introduced the TV displays in and we might see what was taking place, it actually was scary,” mentioned Hirono.

“I got here to the conclusion that day that we might have been badly harm or killed,” she added.

Hirono says at the least one in every of her colleagues was in a room and will hear the rioters.

“She might hear them outdoors shaking doorknobs, yelling and swearing that they wished to search out the ‘f-ing’ members of Congress,” mentioned Hirono. “It offers me chills simply to speak with you about it now.”

She believes the committee investigating the assault has confirmed legal conduct occurred on that day.

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