New footage, January 6, 2021, shows a candid moment. Nancy Pelosi, House SpeakerTrump’s former President was threatened with physical strikes if he didn’t join the protestors at Capitol.
In the video, which was publicly shared Thursday, Pelosi admits the actions could have resulted in her going to prison — a consequence she said she would “be happy” to accept.
“I hope he comes, I’m going to punch him out,” Pelosi tells her Chief of Staff Terri McCullough, who discourages her boss from making the comments. “I’ve been waiting for this, TrespassingOn the Capitol grounds. I’m going to punch him out.”
A split photo showing former U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Mesa (Arizona) on October 9, 2022. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was also present on October 6, 2009 at Washington, DC’s White House.
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“I’m going to go to jail, and I’m going to be happy,” the Speaker added.
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The new footage, recorded by filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, the Speaker’s daughter, was released during the House Jan. 6 Committee hearing on Thursday afternoon. CNN later released more context to the clip during a segment on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360.”
“Tell him if he comes here, we’re going to the White HousePelosi made the same remarks in the video.
At the time of Pelosi’s remarks, Trump was holding a rally at the Ellipse, about two miles away from the Capitol. Trump declared that he would be joining his supporters at Capitol, where lawmakers were officially certifying the presidential election results, during the rally.
Trump didn’t join the marchers on Capitol Hill, which quickly turned deadly.
Thursday afternoon saw the potential conclusion of the months-long investigation into the allegations by Rep. Bennie Thompson. Capitol riot.
Thompson said that Donald Trump’s actions after the 2020 election were unlike anything any president had done in this country during the opening statements of the hearing. In a shocking betrayal to his oath, Donald Trump tried to plot an attack on a pillar in our democracy. It’s still hard to believe.
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D.Miss. speaks while the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol has a hearing. This hearing is held on Capitol Hill, Washington, Thursday Oct. 13, 2022. Vice-chair Liz Cheney, R.Wyo., looks on.
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“But facts and testimony are consistent, clear, and undisputed,” he claimed.
Witnesses who presented before the committee were not cross-examined.
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Surprisingly, the committee unanimously voted in favor of subpoenaing Trump to testify.
Taking to Truth Social, Trump — who has been routinely critical of the committee and its investigation — called it a “total bust” and said the committee’s purpose was only “to further divide” the country.
“Why didn’t the Unselect Committee ask me to testify months ago? Why did they wait to the end, in the last minutes of their last meeting? Because the Committee is a total ‘BUST’ that has only served to further divide our Country which, by the way, is doing very badly,” Trump wrote.
Video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Calif., Capitol Hill, Washington, Thursday, October 13, 2022.
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Fox News Digital heard from a person familiar with Trump’s past that he loves the idea of giving evidence before the committee. Trump could then talk about “how corrupt the election, how corrupted the committee, and why Nancy Pelosi did NOT call up the committee”. National Guard Trump strongly encouraged her to do so three days earlier, January 3, 2021.
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In another post on social media, the president teased the same information.
“Why didn’t Crazy Nancy Pelosi call out the ‘troops’ before January 6th, which I strongly recommended that she do. It was her responsibility, but she ‘didn’t like the look.’ Crazy Nancy failed the American People!” He wrote Thursday afternoon.
Trump called the investigation by the committee and Fox News Digital’s exclusive interview on Thursday a “witch hunt” in an exclusive interview.
WASHINGTON, DC, OCTOBER 13, 2018: A photograph of Donald Trump, former President, is displayed at a hearing in Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC, on October 13, 2022.
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Trump stated that the committee was a hoax and a sham. He also said that it is a continuation to the witch hunt that began when I walked down the golden escalator in honor of our great country. They don’t have a case and they don’t have ratings so they must do this for publicity.
Trump said to Fox News Digital, that the investigation was “a partisan witch hunting, together with Two Republicans that have been thrown out of the party — one not wanting to run because he couldn’t win; and another losing by a record number of more than 40 points.”
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Trump, who left the door open for a run in 2024, has not yet indicated if he will testify before the committee.
He said he would respond to the “Unselect Committee of political Hacks & Thugs tomorrow morning at 8:00.”
