Jan. 6 Takeaways: Trump’s Silence, Pence Agents’ Fear, Hawley on the Run

Trump’s Jan. 6 call logs and photo archives are largely empty
Josh Hawley later ran from the crowd he riled up by Capitol

WATCH: Elaine Luria, a member of the House panel investigating the insurrection, presents videos that show rioters breaking into the Capitol, and radio traffic of Secret Service agents guarding Vice President Mike Pence.Source: Bloomberg

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By Laura Davison, Mark Niquette, and Daniel Flatley

July 22, 2022 at 3:44 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump’s response to the Capitol riot on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021 was largely marked by what he wouldn’t do or say to stop the violence, the House committee investigating the insurrection detailed.

Trump didn’t reach out to the military to help defend the Capitol. He didn’t want to tell the mobs swarming the Capitol to go home. He didn’t follow the scripted message his staff wrote for him. And the White House photographer was discouraged from taking photos that day.