
January 6 committee chairman says panel has 'significant testimony' the White House 'had been told to do something' during insurrection
CNN
The Democratic chairman of the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection said Sunday that the panel has "significant testimony" that the White House "had been told to do something" during the deadly attack last year.
"We have significant testimony that leads us to believe that the White House had been told to do something," Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat of Mississippi, told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union." "We want to verify all of it so that when we produce our report and when we have the hearings, the public will have an opportunity to see for themselves."
He added: "Well, the only thing I can say, it's highly unusual for anyone in charge of anything to watch what's going on and do nothing."

President Donald Trump issued a stark threat to defense contracting companies on Wednesday, saying he would seek to limit stock buybacks and executive salaries unless they improve their delivery of weapons systems to the US military hours before saying he’d decided to substantially increase the defense budget.












