Ed Markey: “I send a question for the House managers to the desk because the President's counsel did not answer the question which…”

“I send a question for the House managers to the desk because the President's counsel did not answer the question which was posed to them. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator will send the question. Debate is not allowed. The question is from Senator Markey, with Senator Duckworth, to the managers on the part of the House of Representatives. The clerk will read the question. The legislative clerk read as follows: Exactly when did the Presiden learn of the breach at the Capitol, and what steps did he take to address the violence? Please be as detailed as possible. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Do the House managers wish to respond? Ms. Manager PLASKETT. Yes. Mr. President, Senators, this attack was on live TV, on all major networks, in realtime. The President, as President, has access to intelligence information, including reports from inside the Capitol. He knew the violence that was underway. He knew the severity of the threats. And, most importantly, he knew that Capitol Police were overwhelmingly outnumbered and in a fight for their lives against thousands of insurgents with weapons. We know he knew that. We know that he did not send any individuals. We did not hear any tweets. We did not hear him tell those individuals: Stop. This is wrong. You must go back. We did not hear that. So what else did the President do? We are unclear.…”