Comments by "Brand131" (@Brand131) on "Ex-White House aide says Donald Trump knew Capitol rioters were armed in explosive testimony" video.

  1. First of, they held an unscheduled "emergency hearing" for this because supposedly new information had come to light, but these depositions were already taken well before hand. When Pete Aguilar, a member of the January 6th commission was asked by Ari Melber of MSNBC what the new information was that necessitated this impromptu hearing, he simply did not have a clear answer for it. So to me it looks like this was just a media stunt to regrab the newspapers' headlines. Secondly, this story about a Trump order to not check for weapons at his rally weasels in the assumption that this was to facilitate a government coup later, but that is just their opinion, not corroborated by any evidence. Also it ignores that in the US barring people with weapons at a rally could be a politically sensitive issue for a pro-gun Republican or he might just wanted to have an as big a crowd as he could possibly have, and also, even if we assume the goal was to have an armed mob, where were these guns and semi automatic rifles during the riot in and around Capitol Hill? So the idea of having an armed militia is just not supported by the events that unfolded. Furthermore, she also testified that Trump tried to forcefully gain control of his motor vehicle from a member of the Secret Service, to get back to the protest, but this member in question has made a statement now that this did not happen. This undermines her credibility, so why did this commission, that talks about doing their due diligence, not depose him and get this out of the way before bringing in her testimony?
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