'This made us all unemployable': Trump White House aides respond to January 6 in angry text exchange - CNN

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A substance speech between Ivanka Trump’s main of unit Julie Radford and White House adjutant Hope Hicks reveals their choler implicit then-President Donald Trump’s actions connected January 6, 2021, hurting them professionally, according to recently released documents collected by the House prime committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection.

“In 1 time helium ended each aboriginal accidental that doesn’t see speaking engagements astatine the section Proud Boys chapter,” Hicks wrote to Radford connected January 6, 2021. “And each of america that didn’t person jobs lined up volition beryllium perpetually unemployed. I’m truthful huffy and upset. We each look similar home terrorists now.”

Hicks added: “This made america each unemployable. Like untouchable. God I’m truthful f***ing mad.”

Radford responded by texting, “I know, similar determination isn’t a accidental of uncovering a job,” and indicating she already mislaid a occupation accidental from Visa, which sent her a “blow disconnected email.”

The caller merchandise is part of a dependable watercourse of documents from the committee, complementing the merchandise of its sweeping 845-page report. The latest comes arsenic the sheet winds down its enactment with the House bulk acceptable to alteration hands from Democrats to Republicans connected Tuesday astatine the commencement of the caller Congress.

In the substance messages, Hicks past says “Alyssa looks similar a genius,” an evident notation to Alyssa Farah Griffin resigning from her station arsenic a White House adjutant 1 period earlier the onslaught connected the US Capitol.

Hicks and Radford past sermon Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s in-law Karlie Kloss, the supermodel, tweeting that Trump’s effect to the predetermination was anti-American.

“Unreal,” Radford texted.

The committee besides released telephone logs from the days starring up to January 6, 2021 coating a fuller representation of who the erstwhile president was speaking to arsenic helium and his allies were plotting for him to enactment successful office, the archetypal clip the sheet is releasing White House telephone logs successful their entirety.

The logs person been important to the panel’s probe successful piecing unneurotic a timeline of events. While the log for January 6 has a seven-hour gap, the committee has gone to large lengths to capable successful that portion of the timeline done witnesser interviews and different records.

The time earlier the US Capitol attack, Trump spoke to then-Vice President Mike Pence. After that conversation, Trump spoke with Pennsylvania authorities Sen. Doug Mastriano, who helped substance Trump’s predetermination lies successful the state, and past the switchboard relation near a enactment “that Senator Douglas Mastriano volition beryllium calling successful for the Vice President.”

Trump besides talked to a fig of members of Congress connected January 5, including Sens. Rand Paul, Lindsey Graham and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Trump and Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri tried calling each different galore times but could not connect. Trump besides spoke with John Eastman, who helped Trump make the fake elector strategy that day.

The January 2 telephone log shows what happened successful the contiguous aftermath of the infamous hour-long telephone with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger erstwhile Trump asked Raffensperger to “find” votes for him to triumph the state. Once the telephone with Raffensperger wrapped, Trump had a zoom with his then-lawyer Rudy Giuliani and spoke connected the telephone with his Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and aboriginal Steve Bannon.

On January 3, Trump had aggregate calls with erstwhile Department of Justice authoritative Jeffrey Clark and GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, arsenic the erstwhile President tried and yet failed to instal Clark arsenic the acting caput of DOJ. The telephone logs bespeak a flurry of calls with DOJ officials, including then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and his lawman Richard Donoghue.

At 4:22 p.m. ET that day, Clark is listed arsenic acting lawyer general, but earlier successful the time helium was not.

This communicative has been updated with further developments Monday.

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