The insurrection and the coup were distinct, but the insurrection emerged from the coup. It has been a common conceptual error to consider the insurrection alone to be the coup. And we’re going to the Capitol …” The insurrection was on. On 18 December, Flynn met at the White House with Trump at which he proposed invoking the National Emergency Act. The committee also released texts from Fox News personalities to Meadows on 6 January imploring him to get Trump to stop the insurrection.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2022 21:59 UTC