Trump glued to TV, Secret Service fears, Cheney forecasts ‘dam’ break: Takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing
- “He chose not to act,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said of Trump.
- Mike Pence’s security detail feared for their lives as rioters approached inside the Capitol.
- Trump stayed glued to Fox News and ignored pleas to call off the attack, his aides told the committee.
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump watched his supporters attack the U.S. Capitol in real-time on television from the White House dining room, ignoring pleas from aides to call off the insurrection as Vice President Mike Pence’s security detail inside the Capitol feared for their lives.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol used its eighth hearing Thursday night to paint a frame-by-frame account of Trump’s actions for the 187 minutes after he finished a speech that day until he finally encouraged the mob to go home.