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Donald Trump watched Capitol riots on TV and ignored pleas to call it off, inquiry hears

Donald Trump watched the January 6 US Capitol attack on TV and refused to call it off despite desperate pleas from aides and even his own family, a congressional inquiry has heard.

Evening Standard

As the US watched the January 6 hearing, Fox News showed outrage – at Biden getting Covid

Fox News’s primetime stars chided Biden for contracting the virus they say he alleged couldn’t be caught with a vaccine

The Guardian - US

House panel says Trump ‘chose not to act’ during attack on US Capitol

Committee investigating January 6 riots shared testimony showing that ex-president rejected pleas from even his family

The Guardian - US

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Donald Trump 'watched US Capitol riots on TV and ignored desperate pleas for peace'

A congressional hearing was told that former president Donald Trump ignored aides and family members as he watched riots at the U.S. Capitol unfold in January last year

Daily Mirror

Hearing delivers gripping ‘finale’ full of damning details about Trump

Where the first seven hearings set out what Trump had done, this one told a fascinating story about what he did not do

The Guardian - US

Trump insiders recall how he spurned pleas to act as riot raged

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump ignored pleas to call off the mob storming the U.S. Capitol and remained publicly silent as he watched the violence unfold on television from his personal dining room off the Oval Office, according to evidence and testimony to the committee investigating last year’s insurrection.

Tribune News Service

Trump insiders recall how he spurned pleas to act as riot raged

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Final Jan. 6 summer hearing turns Trump's favorite mediums against him

The panel aimed to show how many of Trump's allies were united in their opposition to how he handled the insurrection.

Axios

Trump, modern Nero, watched the Capitol sacked from a White House dining room

Trump never asked the FBI or the national guard to protect Congress. He rebuffed entreaties to end the crisis. That’s because he liked what he saw

The Guardian - US

Trump news – live: Ex-president claims to be ‘most persecuted person’ in US history at TPUSA summit

Follow live for latest news and updates on January 6 hearings in Congress

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 committee shows Josh Hawley fleeing from Senate after pumping fist to protesters

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday highlighted footage of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., fleeing the Senate Chamber as the building was being overrun by a mob of Trump supporters.

Tribune News Service

Pence’s bodyguards were saying goodbye to family as Trump ‘chose not to act’ during Capitol attack, Jan 6 hearing reveals

Latest committee hearing detailed president’s failure to act despite pleas from White House aides

The Independent UK

‘The dam has begun to break’: Jan. 6 panel lays out Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction

WASHINGTON — Then-President Donald Trump’s refusal for more than three hours to call off the mob attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 constituted a dereliction of duty, the House committee investigating the insurrection said in its prime-time hearing Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

New Jan. 6 footage shows Pence, Senate leaders working to quell violence

"We're not going to let these people keep us from finishing our business," McConnell said.

Axios

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Chicago Sun-Times

6 takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing: Kinzinger said Trump ‘did not fail to act ... he chose not to act’

“The mob,” said Kinzinger, at Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing, “was accomplishing President Trump’s purpose. So of course he didn’t intervene.”

Tribune News Service

Trump spurned aides’ pleas to quell Jan. 6 riot, panel told

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump ignored pleas from his advisers and took no action for hours to quell the violent mob storming the Capitol because he wanted them to stop or delay certification of the 2020 election results, members of the panel investigating the insurrection said.

Salon

Hawl-ing ass: 1/6 Capitol run is a hit

Thursday's hearing introduced new Jan. 6 video — but Josh Hawley's Capitol exit was the social media fave

Los Angeles Times

Trump sat in dining room for hours on Jan. 6: ‘The president didn’t want anything done’

WASHINGTON — Then-President Donald Trump sat in the West Wing’s dining room for more than 21/2 hours after being informed of the violence raging at the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to evidence presented at Thursday’s congressional hearing on the insurrection.

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Salon

Jan. 6 testimony confirms Trump's attack

"We were all in a state of shock," security official testifies during Jan. 6 hearing

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump 'could not be moved' amid violence

The House Jan. 6 committee is closing out its set of summer hearings with its most detailed focus yet on the investigation’s main target: former President Donald Trump

Los Angeles Times

New witnesses confirm ‘heated’ discussion between Trump and Secret Service agent

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating Jan. 6 announced Thursday that it has interviewed multiple witnesses who corroborated elements of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s explosive testimony on June 28 .

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A Pa. Capitol rioter who said she wanted to shoot Pelosi just won an election. Now, she’s headed to prison

The former owner of a Bucks County CrossFit gym who recorded herself during the storming of the Capitol saying she was looking for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “to shoot her in the friggin’ brain” was sentenced to 60 days incarceration on Thursday.

Axios

Amid "hang Mike Pence" chants, Secret Service feared vice president would lose ability to leave the Capitol

An anonymous security official said Pence's security detail "started to fear for their own lives."

The Independent UK

Trump watched supporters attack Capitol on television as aides begged him to act, committee says

January 6 committee says evidence will show Trump failed to act as his supporters attacked Capitol

The Independent UK

Ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows refuses to answer multiple questions about Capitol riot

Mr Meadows was confronted by reporters while walking in Washington DC

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