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The House Jan. 6 committee used its June 28, 2022 hearing to present testimony and documents suggesting that Donald Trump was repeatedly pressed to act while the Capitol attack was underway and did not respond quickly. The hearing did not produce a legal ruling. It did, however, add to the public record on what aides and advisers said they were telling the president as events unfolded. ([congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/114977/text))

In the transcript, committee members said staff and White House aides urged Trump to tell the crowd to leave the Capitol and to condemn the violence. The committee also presented testimony saying Trump had information about the seriousness of the attack as it developed. Vice Chair Liz Cheney said the president did not call the military, did not call the attorney general and did not reach out to Homeland Security while the riot was in progress. Those were the committee’s claims and presentation, not a court finding. ([congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/114977/text))

The hearing’s value was in the sequence it put on the record. It showed pressure building inside and outside the White House, testimony that people around Trump wanted a stronger response, and a delay before he ultimately told the crowd to go home. The committee’s evidence supported its argument that Trump had the chance to speak sooner and did not use it right away. That is the limit of what the hearing itself established. It did not prove what would have happened if he had acted earlier. ([congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/114977/text))

The committee later described the June 28 session as part of its broader investigation into the attack on the Capitol. Its report page confirms the hearing date and the committee’s work during the 117th Congress. ([congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/committee-report/117th-congress/house-report/692/1))