Several senior White House aides begged President Donald Trump to call off his mob of supporters immediately after they breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told the House Committee investigating the riot.
In a videotaped deposition which the committee revealed Thursday, Mr. Cipollone said that despite senior aides urging Mr. Trump to make a public statement to call off the mob, the president waited more than two hours before his 4:17 p.m. video posted to Twitter asking the mob to go home.
“There needs to be a public announcement fast that they need to leave the Capitol,” Mr.