The Crazies: Giuliani, Powell and Flynn
Hours before Trump summoned the mob with his infamous "Will be Wild!" tweet, an "unhinged" White House meeting almost turned violent.
On the evening of December 18, Trump met with conspiracy theorists Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Michael Flynn to discuss seizing voting machines as part of a conspiracy to overturn the election. The West Wing reportedly became "unhinged" during a six-hour screaming match between top White House lawyers and the conspiracy group known as the "The Crazies."
Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone is seen on a video display during the seventh hearing held by the House Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday. Credit: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images
By Rosalind S. Helderman and Josh Dawsey
Late on a Friday night about six weeks after Donald Trump lost his reelection, a fistfight nearly broke out in the White House between the president’s fired national security adviser and a top White House aide.
Video: January 6 hearing recap: Trump's links to far-right extremists, CNN | 7/12/2022
The latest hearing from the House select committee investigating the January 6th, 2021, insurrection fleshed out the links between former President Donald Trump and the far-right extremist groups that were at the vanguard of the violent effort to stop the transition of power and keep him in office, despite his election loss.