Never-before-released videos of one of the most important figures in the US state, Nancy Pelosi, and other elected officials were released Thursday by the commission investigating the assault on Capitol Hill, showing how those officials frantically spent phone calls during attack to get law enforcement. app.
We see Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, tense but keeping her cool in a safe place on January 6, 2021.
“I do it and avoir a moyen de sauvegarder le sentiment qu’ont les gens qu’il ya une certaine sécurité ou une certaine confiance dans le fait que l’Etat fonctionne et que nous pouvons elire le président des Etats-Unis”, dit – she.
The violence that sent shockwaves around the world
That day, elected officials gathered at the Congress headquarters in Washington to certify the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. But a crowd of supporters of Donald Trump, whose ballot was “stolen” from the Republican, They demonstrated in front of the Capitol.
A visibly angry Democratic senator, Chuck Schumer, later says he’s going to “call the d…minister” of Defense. “Can you bring in the Maryland National Guard too?” we see him asking Christopher Miller, acting Secretary of Defense at the time.
He then calls Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen. “Why don’t you have the President tell them to leave the Capitol, Your Honor, as part of his policing duties?” he asked.
“It is awful”
Nancy Pelosi is filmed calling Virginia Governor Ralph Northam while watching the events on television.
“Hello Governor, I am Nancy (…). They are breaking glass, they say they shot someone, it’s just horrible and it’s all at the instigation of the president of the United States,” she told him.
The two Democrats are also seen at one point alongside Republican figures, discussing ways to get help. The video shown Thursday was interspersed with images of the belligerent crowd and supporters of President Trump wandering the halls of Congress.
Source: BFM TV
