According to a White House official, then-U.S. President Donald Trump and close associates were aware of the potential violence on Jan. 6, 2021. Cassidy Hutchinson said Tuesday during a public hearing of the investigating committee into the Capitol attack that Trump was aware of the guns in the public before speaking to his supporters that day. Hutchinson worked in the White House for then-Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
“I don’t care if they have guns — they’re not here to hurt me. You can march to the Capitol from here. Get those damn metal detectors out,” Cassidy quoted Trump as saying. She claimed to have heard these words from him shortly before his speech. When a president delivers a speech, security personnel require those in attendance to go through metal detectors.
Pepper spray, knives, brass knuckles, tasers
The commission of inquiry learned from law enforcement reports that participants in the Trump rally had pepper spray, knives, brass knuckles, tasers and blunt objects, said commission chair Liz Cheney. Meadows was also aware, according to Hutchinson — but showed virtually no response.
White House counsel Pat Cipollone urged her on Jan. 3 to lobby Meadows to avoid a protest, Hutchinson said. “We will be charged with every crime imaginable if we start this movement,” he reportedly told her.
On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters violently stormed the seat of parliament in the capital Washington. Congress met there to confirm Biden’s election victory. Five people, including a police officer, were killed in the riots. The attack on the heart of American democracy shook the country. Trump had recently incited his supporters at a rally that his election victory had been stolen.
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