Trump just handed 'more disturbing evidence' to riot committee in interview with ABC's Karl: impeachment attorney
Appearing on CNN's "New Day" on Friday morning after ABC's Jonathan Karl released audio of Donald Trump defending chants of "hang Mike Pence" during the Jan. 6th insurrection, one of the Democrat's impeachment lawyers called it "more evidence" for the House committee investigating the riot.
Speaking with host Brianna Keilar, attorney Norman Eisen sarcastically began, "He says it's common sense to chant, 'hang the vice president of the United States?'"
"It's more disturbing evidence of former president Trump's state of mind that brought about the insurrection on January 6th," he continued. "And it goes to why the litigation and the effort to subpoena individuals and the Mark Meadows case that is percolating up in the January 6th committee is so important," he continued. "Not only did we have the terrible events and the run-up of those events on January 6th, he's still doing it -- the big lie continues."
"As you heard, he's totally unrepentant," he suggested to Keilar. "That's why we have to get at the truth of what happened that terrible day."
"He makes it clear that he was getting updates about the vice president, so he was getting updates about what was happening on the Hill in real-time. Is that problematic for him?" the CNN host asked. "
"Well, it's part of the reason," the attorney replied. "You know, we said in Watergate, 'what did the president know and when did he know it?' The mantra of the Trump era and the January 6th committee investigation is 'what did the president do and when did he do it and when didn't he do it?' Brianna. How could he?"
"Look at another false statement, he says 'Mike Pence was fine. No!" he exclaimed. "We know the insurrectionists chanting hang Mike Pence came very close to him. We know the danger in which others were placed. and you still hear from Donald Trump, a complete disregard. He continues to be a danger in this country and that's why the January 6th committee is right to be moving with great urgency; we've got to get to the bottom of this."
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