Highlights from Jan. 6th Committee Meeting on 10/13 : 'Trump was central player'.

Today's blog provides a QUICK READ of highlights from the Oct. 13th, 2022 January 6th Investigative Committee Meeting-   They have proven, beyond a doubt, that Trump and his team orchestrated the Jan. 6, 2020 Insurrection weeks and months before it happened.  Now Trump has been subpoenaed and like Bannon, he'll skip out. Maybe they'll finally arrest him, too.  In one of its most riveting exhibits, the panel showed previously unseen footage of congressional leaders phoning for help during the assault as Trump refused to call off the mob. Here are the highlights and LINKS to Short Videos:

QUICK RECAP of the Jan. 6th Committee's Explosive Findings on Oct 13, 2022

 NPR Oct. 13, 2022

1) Trump had long planned to declare victory, no matter the results. 

   Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., said Brad Parscale, Trump's former campaign manager, told the panel he understood that Trump planned as early as July to insist he won the November election, no matter the results. Video clips presented show Trump's ally Roger Stone speaking with the Danish filmmaker Christoffer Guldbrandsen about plans for election night. "I really do suspect it will still be up in the air," Stone said. "When that happens, the key thing to do is to claim victory. Possession is nine-tenths of the law. No, we won, f*** you." SEE THE VIDEO: CLICK to hear Roger Stone

2) Despite publicly declaring he won, Trump privately admitted he lost the election. Testimony from former White House officials demonstrate that while the president was publicly forging a campaign to overturn the election, he privately was acknowledging his loss.

In an audio clip, Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that while in the Oval Office, Trump said something to the effect of "We lost, we need to let that issue go to the next guy." VIDEO: CLICK FOR short Twitter Video

Communications Director Alyssa Farah recalled this comment from Trump: "I popped into the Oval just to give the president the headlines and see how he was doing. And he was looking at the TV and he said, 'Can you believe I lost to this f***ing guy?' "

3) Secret Service had tips about expected violence on Jan. 6. 

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said on Dec. 26, a Secret Service field office shared a tip that had been received by the FBI. The source said the Proud Boys, a right-wing extremist group, planned to march into D.C. with weapons. 

"They think that they will have a large enough group to march into D.C. armed and will outnumber the police so they can't be stopped," a Secret Service email read. "Their plan is to literally kill people," the source wrote. "Please, please take this tip seriously and investigate further." On Dec. 31, 2020, agents had sent out reports that Trump supporters planned to march and occupy the Capitol.

4) New footage was played of lawmakers as they were taken to a secure location during the attack. The committee showed video footage of House and Senate leaders of both parties meeting in a secure location as the attack raged on.

5) Secret Service feared for Pence's safety. New documents from the agency show that after Trump tweeted his disappointment with his no. 2 on Jan. 6, an agent warned that it was "probably not going to be good for Pence." Another agent noted there were 24,000 likes on Trump's tweet within two minutes. Anika Navaroli, a former Twitter employee, testified that the rioters were "literally calling for assassination" as Trump's tweet on Pence went out. 

6) Mick Mulvaney confirms GOP Rep's account of McCarthy's call to Trump. GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington had previously shared details of a conversation between Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Trump on Jan. 6, in which McCarthy asked Trump to call off his supporters as his staff was "running for their lives."

She said the president responded: "I guess they're just more upset about the election theft than you are." And Trump STILL DID NOTHING.

7) 'Trump was central player'. The hearing went into more details on then-President Trump's state of mind after he lost the election and continued to pursue avenues to overturn the election results.

"[Trump] tried to take away the voice of the American people in choosing their president and replace the will of the voters with his will to remain in power," said Thompson. "He is the one person at the center of the story of what happened on Jan. 6."

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