‘It’s not something we should take for granted’: Ex-Trump official remarks on transfer of power

t the Capitol, the mob was chanting “Hang Mike Pence,” testified Matt Pottinger, a deputy national security adviser for Trump, as Trump tweeted his condemnation of his vice president. Meanwhile, recordings of Secret Service radio transmissions revealed agents asking for messages to be relayed telling their families goodbye. Pottinger said that when he saw Trump's tweet he immediately decided to resign, as did former White House aide Matthews, who said she was a lifelong Republican but could not go along with what was going on. She was the witness who called the tweet “pouring gasoline on the fire.” The hearing aimed to show a “minute by minute” accounting of Trump's actions that day and how rather than stop the violence, he watched it all unfold on television at the White House. Read Key moments from the hearing: https://bit.ly/3S5B7Cv