Donald Trump probably thought he would get a hero's welcome from his supporters at the Capitol, according to a member of the House panel investigating the January 6 riot.
The former president was incensed according to everything we have heard. There was a conflict about whether or not he would go to the Capitol, and he was adamant that he could do that.
I think that he thought that he would be carried on the shoulders of his supporters and enter the Capitol, like Mussolini was.
The agent who was with Trump during the riots testified to the House panel on Thursday.
The agent's testimony came after he was mentioned by Cassidy Hutchinson during her interview with the panel in June. Hutchinson testified that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his SUV while trying to get to the Capitol.
He could not give any details about the testimony. He said that the panel had learned how angry Trump was when he wasn't allowed to go to Capitol Hill. Trump was pretty sure that he could join the mob and approach the Capitol with them.
Donald Trump thought he was going to stay in office for another four years. Through the day, he believed that.
The House panel voted to subpoena Trump in October after hearing testimony about the former president's conduct. If Trump doesn't comply with the subpoena, he could be held in contempt of Congress and face criminal charges.
In response to the subpoena, Trump sent a 14-page document to the panel. Multiple baseless claims of election fraud were included in the document.
The January 6 committee was the subject of a lawsuit by Trump. The lawyers for the former president argue that Congress does not have the power to subpoena him.
The former president could potentially delay testifying until after the 116th Congress is dissolved on January 3, 2023.
The representative at the post-presidential press office did not reply immediately.
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