187 minutes

Fresno CA

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The testimony on Thursday evening centered around what’s come to be known as the “187 Minutes” — the duration of time that passed between the start of the melee and the tweeted video in which Trump eventually ordered his supporters to stand down. Witnesses who were in the White House during the 187 Minutes described how, during that period, Trump sat in the dining room of the White House watching Fox News, refusing to do anything that might bring the mob to disperse. Instead, he placed calls to senators whom he believed would aid him in delaying the certification of the Electoral College vote to prevent his campaign rival, Joe Biden, from being named his successor. The video that marks the end of the Capitol riot was itself ambivalent: Trump told rioters, “We love you. You’re very special. I know how you feel.”