Trump 'chose not to act' as mob attacked, Jan. 6 committee says

The Jan. 6 committee played new audio of Secret Service radio traffic as the attack occurred.

The traffic indicated that officers were very concerned about safely evacuating Vice President Mike Pence after the Capitol was breached.

"If we lose any more time, we may lose the ability to leave. So, if we're going to leave, we need to do it now," one agent is heard saying.

An unidentified White House security official said in chilling testimony that members of Pence's detail "were starting to fear for their own lives."

"There were calls to say goodbye to family members," the official said in a recorded interview. "Whatever the reason was on the ground, the DCPD (D.C. police department) felt that it was going to be very ugly."

White House logs showed that former President Donald Trump "did not call to issue orders," according to Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va.

Senior law enforcement officials, military leaders, members of former Vice President Mike Pence's staff and D.C. government officials that the committee interviewed also said they did not hear from Trump that day, Luria said.

Call logs shown during the hearing indicated that Trump did not make any calls between 11:04 a.m and 6:54 p.m. that day.

Kayleigh McEnany, former White House press secretary, testified for the committee that Trump did want a list of senators to call.

"He was calling senators, to encourage them to delay, or object, the certification," Luria said.

The committee showed the testimony of Pat Cipollone, then-White House counsel, saying he was not aware of any calls Trump made to the U.S. attorney general or the secretary of Homeland Security.

Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone told the committee he and other officials attempted to push Trump to make a strong statement condemning the violence almost immediately.

"I think it was pretty clear there needed to be an immediate and forceful response, statement, public statement, that people needed to leave the Capitol now," Cipollone said in a taped deposition.

Ivanka Trump, White House lawyer Eric Herschmann and then-chief of staff Mark Meadows all felt the same, Cipollone testified.

Cipollone said it would've been "possible" for Trump to go to the White House briefing room to make a statement at any time. Sarah Matthews, the deputy press secretary at the time, testified live that it would have taken "probably less than 60 seconds" for Trump to go to the briefing room from his position in the dining room off the Oval Office.

Rep. Elaine Luria said that there is "evidence from multiple sources regarding an angry exchange in the presidential SUV" confirming Cassidy Hutchinson's previous bombshell testimony.

Hutchinson told the committee on June 28 that a member of Trump's security detail told her the president tried to grab the steering wheel as he demanded to join his supporters after his speech at the Ellipse. His team ultimately refused the request.

Sgt. Mark Robinson, a retired member of the Metropolitan Police Department responsible for the motorcade that day, told the committee he heard a similar description of what took place inside the vehicle.

"The description I received was the president was upset and was adamant about going to the Capitol, and there was a heated discussion about that," Robinson said in a videotaped interview.