Live updates | Jan. 6 panel eyes Trump inaction during riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Newest on the listening to Thursday by the Home committee investigating the Capitol riot (all occasions native):

3:40 p.m.

The Jan. 6 committee returns to prime time on Thursday night with a listening to specializing in three-plus hours in the course of the rebellion on the Capitol when then-President Donald Trump did not act to cease the violence.

The defeated president’s lies a few stolen election drove his supporters to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and regardless of pleas from aides, allies and even members of his household, Trump did nothing to rein within the mob.

And what was Trump doing on the White Home throughout these 187 minutes of inaction?

One committee member says Trump was “gleefully” watching the riot unfold on tv on the White Home.

Three hours and seven minutes after the assault started, Trump launched a video that day at 4:17 p.m., recorded within the Rose Backyard, through which he praised the rioters as “very particular,” however requested them to disperse.

The listening to may very well be the committee’s ultimate one after a collection of public periods over the previous six weeks.

Stay testimony is anticipated from two former White Home aides. They’re Matt Pottinger, who was deputy nationwide safety adviser, and Sarah Matthews, a press aide. Each submitted their resignations on Jan. 6, 2021, after what they noticed that day.

Count on to see never-before-seen outtakes of a Jan. 7 video through which White Home aides pleaded for Trump to make as a message of nationwide therapeutic for the nation. The footage is alleged to point out how Trump struggled to sentence hos supporters who violently breached the Capitol.

Main the listening to might be Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, a former Naval officer, and Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who flew fight missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The committee chairman, Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, is isolating after testing constructive for COVID-19 and plans to attend the listening to by video.

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— Arizona GOP censures state Home speaker after his Jan. 6 testimony

— Steve Bannon’s protection seeks acquitta l then rests case

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