Trump was 'furious' people with weapons weren't allowed through metal detectors at Jan 6 rally because it kept crowd size small

On Tuesday, the January 6 committee revealed that Donald Trump's presidency ended in the same way it began, with concerns about crowd size looming large.

Cassidy Hutchinson testified at the hastily arranged hearing that Trump became irate due to the effect that security screening was having on a crowd of his heavily armed supporters that had gathered to watch his speech on the Ellipse.

From the vanish point, the crowd looks great. If we get the shot, that's all. On the morning of January 6, Cassidy Hutchinson, a special assistant to the president, sent a text to the White House deputy chief of staff, saying that he was angry.

The people on the monument side don't want to come in, that's what he doesn't understand. They don't have to go through mags from there.

The metal detectors used by the Secret Service are referred to as mags. At one point, Trump ordered his aides to get rid of the metal detector.

She said something to the effect of taking the mags away.

—Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2022

On the first day of Trump's presidency, the White House lied about the size of the crowd that had gathered to watch the inauguration.