Cassidy testified, for example, that the White House had begun receiving information about the threat of violence even before President Trump’s Ellipse speech, and that Meadows had recognized in advance that January 6 could be violent. She testified that President Trump understood there were weapons in the crowd before he instructed his supporters to march to the Capitol. She testified that President Trump’s White House legal team was worried about the contents of his Ellipse speech. And Hutchinson had heard in detail from other White House staff that President Trump was obviously and
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