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Chapter 7.5 - "He Doesn't Want to Do Anything" (The January 6th Report) Apr 17, 2023

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Throughout the afternoon, the President's advisors tried to get him to tell the mob to leave the Capitol. This section describes the concerns of members of the White House staff who wanted the President to release a statement regarding the violence outside the Capitol. It also talks about the reaction of the White House counsel when he realized that rioters had entered the Capitol.

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Chapter 7.4 - "We're Going to Try to Get the President to Put Out a Statement" (The January 6th Report) Apr 14, 2023

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After returning to the White House following his speech at the Ellipse, President Trump walked through the corridor from the Oval Office into the Presidential Dining Room and sat down at the table with the television remote and a Diet Coke. For the rest of the afternoon—as his country faced an hours-long attack—he hunkered down in or around the dining room, watching television. Based on notes taken by the White House Press Secretary, President Trump continued to press the idea of physically walking from the White House to the Capitol.

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Chapter 7.3 - The President's Anger When He Could Not March to the Capitol (The January 6th Report) Apr 13, 2023

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The Committee received information informally from current and former members of the Secret Service and former White House staff from witnesses describing President Trump as "angry," "irate," or "furious" during an interaction in the Presidential vehicle between the President and the Secret Service. This section describes the evidence surrounding the President's intent to travel to the Capitol along with his supporters following his speech at the Ellipse. Even after arriving back at the White House, there was still some uncertainty whether or not the move to the Capitol would still occur.

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Chapter 7.2 - "I'll Be There With You" (The January 6th Report) Apr 12, 2023

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The President was told, according to testimony, that many members of the crowd gathered at the Ellipse were unwilling to pass through the magnetometers because they were armed. President Trump was furious because he wanted them to come in and help fill some of the empty seats. He also wanted to march with them to the Capitol. As this section explains, it would be complicated for the Secret Service to coordinate a presidential movement even on a normal day. But with tens of thousands of supporters flooding into downtown DC, and the crowd around the Capitol becoming more violent, it made it nearly impossible.

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Chapter 7.1 - "Reinsert the Mike Pence Lines" (The January 6th Report) Apr 11, 2023

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Vice President Pence was critical to President Trump's plan for January 6th to delay the certification. He tried to reach the Vice President, but couldn't. Trump spoke with his speechwriter for about 30 minutes ahead of his planned rally and made changes that called out the Vice President by name. These late additions were the first time that Pence was named directly in the planned remarks. This section describes the timeline for the addition, the removal, and the ultimate reinsertion of these lines into the speech.

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Chapter 7 (Intro) - 187 Minutes of Dereliction (The January 6th Report) Apr 10, 2023

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This section provides an overview of the upcoming chapter detailing President Trump's actions, and the failure to take action in some cases. Once the attack was underway, President Trump initially ignored the counsel of his own family, members of his administration, Republican elected officials, and friendly Fox News personalities. Upon the release of a video at 4:17 p.m., some people involved in the riot testified that they left soon it came out and provided their reasons.

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Chapter 6.17 - "Together, We Will STOP THE STEAL." (The January 6th Report) Apr 07, 2023

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On the evening of January 5th, the President edited the speech he would deliver the next day at the Ellipse. The initial draft circulated on January 5th emphasized that the crowd would march to the U.S. Capitol. Based on what they had heard from others in the White House, the speechwriting team expected President Trump to use his address to tell people to go to the Capitol. In speaking with staff, he still seemed optimistic that "Congress would take some sort of action in his favor."

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Chapter 6.16 - January 5, 2021: "Fort Trump" (The January 6th Report) Apr 07, 2023

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While the "Stop the Steal" coalition was not given speaking slots on the Ellipse stage on January 6th, its leaders had plenty of opportunities to speak the day before. And they used their platforms to rile up the crowd in Washington, DC.

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Chapter 6.15 - "POTUS…Likes the Crazies." (The January 6th Report) Apr 07, 2023

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The "Stop the Steal" movement played an outsized role in promoting January 6th. And now, as the day approached, its leading voices wanted prime speaking gigs—perhaps even on the same stage as President Trump. In the end, the "Stop the Steal" leaders—Stone, Jones and Alexander —did not appear on the stage at the Ellipse on January 6th, although they did speak at other planned events.

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Chapter 6.14 - "Well, I Should Walk With the People." (The January 6th Report) Apr 06, 2023

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President Trump wanted to personally accompany his supporters on the march from the Ellipse to the U.S. Capitol. During a January 4th meeting with staffers Trump emphasized his desire to march with his supporters. Although his advisors tried to talk the President out of personally going, they understood that his supporters would be marching. President Trump did not give up on the idea of personally joining his supporters on their march.

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