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An image of former President Trump displays on a screen during a Jan. 6 committee hearing. Photo: Al Drago\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Former President Trump deliberately drew his supporters to Washington to protest the election results on Jan. 6, and is ultimately responsible for the violence that unfolded at the Capitol that day, the Jan. 6 committee contended in its seventh public hearing on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Why it matters: <\/strong>Through a mix of stunning videos from late December 2020, public testimony and newly revealed documents, the committee revealed how pro-Trump extremist groups and far-right supporters coalesced around a Dec. 19 Trump tweet, viewing it as a call to action that resulted in the Jan. 6 attack.<\/p>\n Trump's tweet came days after the Electoral College announced on Dec. 14, 2020, that Joe Biden was the rightful winner of the 2020 election, something many top White House officials had urged Trump to accept.<\/p>\n A series of top Trump administration officials, including former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, testified that after Dec. 14, they knew it was time for Trump to concede. Scalia said he told Trump as much.<\/p>\n Cipollone and former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified that four conspiracy theorists marched into the Oval Office on Dec. 18, 2020, to discuss seizing voting machines \u2014 a meeting that quickly descended into chaos.<\/p>\n Hutchinson, in a series of texts<\/strong> to another White House aide, described that night in the West Wing as "UNHINGED," adding it devolved into "a brawl." <\/p>\n As Axios first reported, the committee focused heavily on a Dec. 19, 2020, tweet from Trump calling on his supporters to join him in Washington on Jan. 6. <\/p>\n Videos of pro-Trump, far-right media personalities <\/strong>from December 2020 revealed how the tweet sparked a broader conversation among extremist groups about invading the Capitol on Jan. 6<\/p>\n The committee also unveiled documents <\/strong>and text exchanges revealing Trump had long planned to direct his supporters to march to the Capitol after his "Save America" speech on the Ellipse on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n A former Twitter employee <\/strong>told the committee it was clear to the company \u2014 which was monitoring the online activity of many of Trump's supporters and extremist groups \u2014 that something dangerous was going to happen on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n Ten GOP House members attended a Dec. 21 meeting at the White House focused on efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to help overturn the 2020 election, according to White House visitor logs obtained by the committee.<\/p>\n Trump also insisted his Jan. 6 speech<\/strong> include specific lines attacking Pence, after the two spoke on the phone and Pence made clear he wouldn't change the election results, new documents revealed.<\/p>\n Jan. 6 rioter Stephen Ayres and former Oath Keepers national media director Jason Van Tatenhove offered a vantage point into what motivated them to travel toWashington on the 6th.<\/p>\n Tatenhove said he was radicalized <\/strong>by the Oath Keepers, got caught up in Trump's claims of fraud.<\/p>\n In the closing minutes of Tuesday's hearing, Cheney revealed that Trump attempted to call an unidentified witness in the investigation following Hutchinson's testimony.<\/p>\n\n
Trump's tweet<\/h5>\n
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Dec. 14 electoral college deadline<\/h5>\n
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"Unhinged" Oval Office meeting<\/h5>\n
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What was Trump's tweet?<\/h5>\n
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Pressure on Pence<\/h5>\n
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Stephen Ayres and Jason Van Tatenhove testimony<\/h5>\n
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Trump reaches out to witness<\/h5>\n