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THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA.

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>> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR.

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ARTICLE TWO OF OUR CONSTITUTION

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REQUIRES THAT THE PRESIDENT

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SWEAR A VERY SPECIFIC OATH

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EVERY FOUR YEARS NOW.

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EVERY PRESIDENT SWEARS OR

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AFFIRMS TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE

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THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE

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UNITED STATES, AND TO THE BEST

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OF THEIR ABILITY, PRESERVE,

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PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE

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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED

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STATES.

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THE PRESIDENT ALSO ASSUMES THE

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CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE

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CARE, THAT OUR NATION’S LAWS BE

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FAITHFULLY EXECUTED AND AS THE

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COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF OUR

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MILITARY.

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OUR HEARINGS HAVE SHOWN THE

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MANY WAYS IN WHICH PRESIDENT

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TRUMP TRIED TO STOP THE

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PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER IN

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THE DAYS LEADING UP TO JANUARY

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6TH, WITH EACH STEP OF HIS PLAN,

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HE BETRAYED HIS OATH OF OFFICE,

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AND WAS DERELICT IN HIS DUTY.

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TONIGHT, WE WILL FURTHER

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EXAMINE PRESIDENT TRUMP’S

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ACTIONS ON THE DAY OF THE

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ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL.

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EARLY THAT AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT

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TRUMP INSTRUCTED TENS OF

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THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS,

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THEY’RE THE ELLIPSE RALLY, A

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NUMBER OF WHOM HE KNEW WERE

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ARMED WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF

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WEAPONS TO MUCH MARCH TO THE

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CAPITOL.

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AFTER TELLING THE CROWD TO

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MARCH MULTIPLE TIMES, HE

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PROMISED HE WOULD BE WITH THEM,

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AND FINISHED HIS REMARKS AT

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1:10 PM, LIKE THIS.

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>> WE ARE GONNA WALK DOWN, AND

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I’LL BE THERE WITH YOU AND WE

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ARE GONNA WALK DOWN --

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WE’RE GONNA WALK DOWN.

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ANYONE YOU WANT, BUT I THINK

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RIGHT HERE, WE ARE GONNA WALK

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DOWN TO THE CAPITOL.

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SO, LET’S WALK DOWN.

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PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.

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>> BY THIS TIME, THE VICE

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PRESIDENT WAS IN THE CAPITOL.

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THE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS

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TO CERTIFY JOE BIDEN’S VICTORY

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WAS UNDERWAY, AND THE PROUD

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BOYS AND OTHER RIOTERS HAD

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STORMED THROUGH THE FIRST

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BARRIERS AND BEGUN THE ATTACK.

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RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FROM LAW

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ENFORCEMENT INFORMED SECRET

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SERVICE AND THOSE ON THE WHITE

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HOUSE SITUATION ROOM OF THESE

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DEVELOPMENTS, IN REALTIME.

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AT THE DIRECTION OF PRESIDENT

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TRUMP, THOUSANDS MORE RIOTERS

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MARCHED FROM THE ELLIPSE TO THE

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CAPITOL, AND THEY JOINED THE

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ATTACK.

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AS YOU WILL SEE IN GREAT DETAIL

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TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS

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BEING ADVISED BY NEARLY

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EVERYONE, TO IMMEDIATELY

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INSTRUCT HIS SUPPORTERS TO

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LEAVE THE CAPITAL, DISPERSE,

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AND HALT THE VIOLENCE.

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VIRTUALLY, EVERYONE TOLD

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PRESIDENT TRUMP TO CONDEMN THE

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VIOLENCE, IN CLEAR AND

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UNMISTAKABLE TERMS.

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AND THOSE ON CAPITOL HILL, AND

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ACROSS THE NATION, BEGGED

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PRESIDENT TRUMP TO HELP.

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BUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT CHOSE

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NOT TO DO WITH ALL OF THOSE

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PEOPLE BEGGED.

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HE REFUSED TO TELL THEM UP TO

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LEAVE, AND TO 17, WHEN HE

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TWEETED OUT THE VIDEO STATEMENT

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FILMED IN THE ROSE GARDEN,

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ENDING WITH THIS.

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>> SO, GO HOME.

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WE LOVE YOU.

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YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL.

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YOU’VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS.

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YOU SEE THE WAY OTHERS ARE

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TREATED, THAT ARE SO BAD AND SO

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EVIL.

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I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

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BUT GO HOME, AND GO HOME A

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PIECE.

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>> BY THAT TIME, TO PIPE BOMBS

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HAVE BEEN FOUND AT LOCATIONS

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NEAR THE CAPITAL, INCLUDING

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WHERE THE VICE PRESIDENT ELECT

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WAS CONDUCTING A MEETING.

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HOURS OF HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT

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HIT SERIOUSLY INJURED SCORES OF

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LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

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THE CAPITAL HAD BEEN INVADED.

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THE ELECTRIC THE ELECTORAL

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COUNT HAS BEEN HALTED, AS

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NUMBERS WERE EVACUATED.

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RIOTERS TOOK TO THE FLOOR OF

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THE SENATE.

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THEY RIFLED THROUGH DESKS AND

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BROKEN INTO OFFICES, AND A

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NEARLY CAUGHT UP TO VICE

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PRESIDENT PENCE.

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GUNS WERE DRAWN ON THE HOUSE

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FLOOR, AND A RIOTER WAS SHOT,

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ATTEMPTING TO INFILTRATE THE

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CHAMBER.

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WE KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF

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RIOTERS INTENDED ACTS OF

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PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, AGAINST

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SPECIFIC ELECTED OFFICIALS.

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WE KNOW VIRTUALLY ALL THE

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RIOTERS WERE MOTIVATED BY

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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RHETORIC,

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THAT THE ELECTION HAD BEEN

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STOLEN, AND THEY FELT THEY

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NEEDED TO TAKE THE COUNTRY

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BACK.

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THIS HEARING IS PRINCIPALLY

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ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE OF

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THE WHITE HOUSE THAT AFTERNOON.

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FROM THE TOWN WHEN PRESIDENT

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TRUMP ENTERED HIS SPEECH UNTIL

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THE MOMENT WHEN HE FINALLY TOLD

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THE MOB TO GO HOME, SPAN OF 187

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MINUTES MORE THAN THREE HOURS

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WHAT.

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YOU WILL LEARN IS THAT

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PRESIDENT TRUMP SAT IN HIS

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DINING ROOM AND WATCHED THE

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ATTACK ON TELEVISION, WHILE HIS

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SENIOR MOST STAFF CLOSEST

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ADVISERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS

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BEGGED HIM TO DO WHAT IS

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EXPECTED OF.

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ANY AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

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I SERVED PROBABLY FOR 20 YEARS

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AS AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED

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STATES NAVY.

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VETERANS OF OUR ARMED FORCES

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KNOW FIRSTHAND THE LEADERSHIP

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THAT IS REQUIRED IN A TIME OF

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CRISIS, URGENT AND DECISIVE

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ACTION THAT PUTS DUTY AND

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COUNTRY FIRST.

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ON JANUARY SIX, WHEN LIVES AND

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OUR DEMOCRACY HUNG IN THE