January 6 hearing recap: Panel subpoenas Trump, shows new video of Pelosi as mob attacked

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WASHINGTON – The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump Thursday after a dramatic meeting where its members presented evidence that Trump incited the assault on the Capitol even though he knew he had lost the election.

Some of the former president's followers were armed, the committee said, including that the Secret Service knew before the attack that some in the crowd at Trump's rally had guns and other weapons.

Secret Service members exchanged texts on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021 warning each other of weapons spotted among supporters of Trump at a rally near the White House and the threat of violence at the Capitol, according to the committee, which held its ninth public hearing of the year.

“Calm before the storm,” one Secret Service agent texted another early that morning, according to evidence reviewed by the Jan. 6 committee. Read more and see video here.