Sen. Josh Hawley, the Missouri Republican who raised his fist in harmony with a crowd of Trump supporters out of doors of the Capitol on Jan. 6, changed into pressured to escape rioters in new pictures provided Thursday night time via way of means of the House on Jan. 6 committee in a televised listening to.
Hawley may be visible going for walks thru a hallway withinside the Capitol after which quickly makes his manner down a staircase with colleagues. The video changed into taken simply hours after the senator changed photographed saluting protesters massing at protection gates close to the building.
Rep. Elaine Luria, a Democratic member of the Jan. 6 committee, referred to panel interviews with regulation enforcement in describing how Hawley’s salute “riled up the crowd” and made it more difficult for officials to shield the complicated from the pro-Trump mob.
Not lengthy after Hawley made the gesture, obstacles at the east aspect of the Capitol have been breached, Luria stated.
"Later that day, Sen. Hawley fled after the ones protesters he helped to rile up stormed the Capitol," Luria stated. She stated that the various humans he saluted joined the mob after breaking thru the barricades.
Footage of Hawley fleeing for the duration of the rebellion drew bursts of laughter withinside the committee listening to the room.
Following the rebellion, Hawley condemned the violence on the Capitol and stated he changed into surely objecting to the electors for the duration of the counting of electoral votes to provide a voice to his components in Missouri, a kingdom that went for former President Trump via way of means of 15 percent factors in 2020.
NBC News has reached out to Hawley’s workplace to touch upon the brand new pictures.
Thursday's prime-time listening provided a timeline of the 187-mins among the stop of Trump’s speech on the Ellipse on Jan. 6 while he tweeted a video telling rioters to “cross home.” The assault at the Capitol opened up for the duration of that period.
The committee heard stay testimony from a couple of Trump White House aides, Sarah Matthews and Matthew Pottinger, who resigned following Trump's moves on Jan. 6. The House panel additionally provided never-before-visible outtakes from a speech Trump gave on Jan. 7, with one displaying him preventing and telling aides off-camera, “I don’t need to mention the election is over.”
