The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump has largely centered around his actions that led to the January 6 violent attack on the Capitol.
But there was an important period on that day of almost five hours – between the end of Mr. Trump during the Ellipse, and urged his supporters to march to the Capitol, and one last tweet his followers said to remember the day forever – which is still critical. to his state of mind.
Evidence emerged during the trial about what Mr. Trump did during those hours, from about 1 p.m. to about 6 p.m., including new details about two phone calls with lawmakers who, according to prosecutors, clearly warned the president of the chaos on Capitol Hill.
The one was a call at 2:26 p.m. from the White House to Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, according to call files provided by the senator during the indictment.
The president made the call, but he was actually looking for Senator Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama. Mr. Lee gave the phone to Mr. Tuberville, who told reporters he had informed Trump that Vice President Mike Pence had just been escorted as the mob approached the Senate.
“I said, ‘Mr. President, they just took out the vice president. I have to go, ” says Mr. Tuberville to Politico.
Home prosecutors used the information on this call to argue that Mr. Trump was clearly aware that the vice president was in danger and that he was a sensitive disregard of Mr. Had Pence’s safety. The defense team of mr. Trump on Friday insisted that Mr. Trump was not aware of any danger that Mr. Pence does not face.
The other call was between Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leader of the House, and President Trump, who, according to a Republican congressman, representative Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state, got hot.
In a statement Friday night that was admitted to testimony at the hearing Saturday, Ms. Herrera Beutler says that Mr. During the call, McCarthy shouted at Mr. Trump had.
Mr. McCarthy told Mr. Trump said there are break-ins at his own office windows. “Well, Kevin, I think these people are more upset about the election than you are,” he said. Trump said, according to a report by CNN that the congresswoman confirmed.
“Who do you think you’re talking to?” Mr. McCarthy fired back at one point, CNN reported, including an explicit.