Jan. 6 video undermines Trump's repeated efforts to blame Pelosi for Capitol security - The Washington Post

Throughout the video, Pelosi is intent connected resuming the legislature process of counting the electoral assemblage votes for Joe Biden’s triumph portion showing the federation that the authorities was inactive functioning contempt the siege. The video was recorded by a documentary unit embedded with Pelosi and led by her girl Alexandra.

Trump often has suggested that Pelosi failed to bash her job, that the breach of the Capitol was her responsibility and the lack of capable information to crook backmost the mob of his supporters was her work — not that of the commandant successful chief. He has falsely claimed that Pelosi rejected his bid for 10,000 National Guard troops — thing that ne'er happened. The erstwhile president, successful a statement posted online Friday responding to the committee, wrote, “I afloat authorized” deployment of National Guard troops, but, helium added falsely, the petition was refused by officials who reply to Pelosi.

“Nancy Pelosi and [D.C. Mayor] Muriel Bowser didn’t bash their job, they didn’t similar the look of soldiers, and sadly your Committee refuses to accidental thing astir it, due to the fact that if they did, it would beryllium wide that I did everything correctly, and that is not what the Committee wants to see,” Trump wrote.

Trump’s mendacious claims were echoed by Republican lawmakers, including immoderate who — according to the recently released video — were literally successful the room erstwhile Pelosi and others were calling successful reinforcements. On the evening of Jan. 5, Trump made an offhand comment to his acting caput of defence astir needing thousands of troops successful Washington the pursuing day. The caput told Trump helium had to formally marque that request, which Trump ne'er did.

For Pelosi, the video was conscionable the latest eye-catching show of her authorization successful the look of Trump.

In February 2019, aft Trump delivered his State of the Union speech, she delivered a sarcastic clap that instantly became a legendary meme. That October she stormed out of a gathering successful the Cabinet Room, but not earlier waving her digit astatine Trump and questioning his loyalty to the country. And moments aft Trump delivered his State of the Union code successful 2020, Pelosi stood up down him and virtually tore it to pieces.

Trump, needless to say, has sought to blasted galore of his problems connected Pelosi.

His connection came aft the House committee voted to subpoena him connected Thursday for records and testimony. He remains soundless connected whether helium volition comply oregon defy the panel.

Here is simply a breakdown of the video:

Pelosi, being escorted done a corridor to safety, says into her cellphone, “We person got to get — decorativeness the proceedings oregon other they volition person a implicit victory.” Later, successful a unafraid determination with staffers, Pelosi said a cardinal extremity is to “maintain the consciousness that radical person that there’s immoderate information oregon immoderate assurance that authorities tin relation and that we tin elite a president of the United States.”

Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) and then-Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) huddle astir a telephone Schumer is holding arsenic they talk with Christopher Miller, acting defence secretary.

Schumer tells Miller: “We person immoderate senators who are inactive successful their hideaways. They request monolithic unit now. Can you get the Maryland National Guard to travel too?” Pelosi past tells Miller she volition telephone the politician “and spot what different outreach she has.”

Pelosi speaks connected the telephone with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) asking him astir sending the Virginia National Guard into the District. She tells Northam that Hoyer spoke with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) astir sending National Guard troops, arsenic well.

Pelosi past says to Northam, “I inactive deliberation you astir apt request the good of the national authorities to travel successful to different jurisdiction.”

As Pelosi ends her telephone with Northam and hands the telephone to an aide, Schumer says aloud, “Virginia Guard has been called in.”

Pelosi past says Northam “sent 200 authorities constabulary and a portion of the National Guard.”

Pelosi, speaking into a telephone Schumer is holding, tells acting lawyer wide Jeffrey Rosen that the rioters are “breaking windows and going in, evidently ransacking our offices and each the remainder of that.” She tells him, “That’s nothing. The interest we person astir idiosyncratic harm ... idiosyncratic safety, conscionable transcends everything.”

Schumer, intelligibly angry, chimes successful and tells Rosen: “Why don’t you get the president to archer them to permission the Capitol, Mr. Attorney General, successful your instrumentality enforcement responsibility.”

Trump would yet merchandise a video connection that time asking rioters to leave, but restating the prevarication that helium won the election.

Pelosi, Schumer and Hoyer basal successful a ellipse and are joined by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.).

Schumer asks the Defense Department: “How soon successful the aboriginal tin you person the spot evacuated? You know, cleaned out?” When the defence authoritative balks astatine giving an estimation without cognition of what officials are seeing connected the ground, Pelosi presses for contiguous action.

“Just unreal for a infinitesimal that we’re successful the Pentagon oregon the White House oregon immoderate different entity that was nether siege,” Pelosi says. “You tin logistically get radical determination arsenic you marque the plan.”

Pelosi speaks with Vice President Mike Pence. She tells him that McConnell is successful statement astir wanting to minimize the objections to certifying Joe Biden’s victory.

“We’re trying to fig retired however we tin get this occupation done today,” she told Pence. “We talked to Mitch astir it earlier.” But Pelosi says it is not wide however soon lawmakers tin reconvene. “The overriding privation is to bash it astatine the Capitol. What we are being told precise straight is it is going to instrumentality days for the Capitol to beryllium okay.”

Just earlier 6 p.m., Pence calls Pelosi and relays quality helium received from the Capitol Police: The House and Senate volition beryllium capable to reconvene successful astir an hour.

“Thank you precise much, Mr. Vice President,” Pelosi says.

Pelosi’s astir explosive comments though tin beryllium seen successful video the documentary unit provided not to the committee, but rather, to CNN.

In the video, earlier the rioters scope the Capitol, Pelosi is seen successful her office. As a staffer tells her that contempt Trump publically claiming helium volition articulation the march to the building, Secret Service “told him they don’t person the resources to support him here. So astatine the infinitesimal helium is not coming, but that could change.”

Pelosi replies, “If helium comes I’m going to punch him out.” As an adjutant says she would “hate to spot that,” Pelosi continues: “I’ve been waiting for this. For trespassing connected the Capitol grounds.”

She adds: “I’m going to punch him out, and I’m going to spell to jail, and I’m going to beryllium happy.”