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\"It affected my perspective,\" she said of Barr's assessment. \"I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accepted what he was saying.\"

Cheney also showed a tape of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner telling the committee that he dismissed White House counsel Pat Cipollone's \"multiple\" threats to resign in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot.

\"I kind of took it up to just be whining, to be honest with you,\" Kushner said.

\"Whining,\" Cheney recounted to the hearing room. \"There is a reason why people serving in our government take an oath to the Constitution... And that oath must mean something.\"

Witness testimony claims Trump expressed Pence 'deserves' hanging

Further laying out what the committee learned in its interviews, Cheney said the American people will soon hear testimony from former White House staff about Trump's reaction to rioters threatening violence against then-Vice President Mike Pence.

\"You will hear testimony that 'the president didn't really want to put anything out calling off the riot or asking his supporters to leave,'\" Cheney said in her opening statement. \"You will hear that President Trump was yelling and 'really angry at advisers who told him he needed to be doing something more.'\"

\"And, aware of the rioters' chants to 'hang Mike Pence,' the president responded with this sentiment: 'Maybe our supporters have the right idea,\" she recounted. \"Mike Pence 'deserves' it.\"

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PHOTO: Rep. Liz Cheney speaks during a House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2022.
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Capitol Police officer recounts disbelief as 'war scene' unfolded

Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after rioters knocked her to the ground, painted a dire picture of what took place that day, describing it as \"an absolute war zone\" with \"hours of hand-to-hand combat.\"

\"I can just remember my breath catching in my throat because I -- what I saw was just a war scene,\" Edwards testified. \"It was something like I'd seen out of the movies. I couldn't believe my eyes.\"

Cheney: \"You were knocked unconscious, is that right?\"

Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards: \"Yes, ma'am.\"

\"But then when you regained consciousness, even with the injuries, you returned to duty, is that right?\"

\"Yes, ma'am...I tried to hold the line at Senate steps.\" pic.twitter.com/LoOVsUGTy7

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 10, 2022

\"There were officers on the ground. You know, they were bleeding. They were throwing up. You know, they had, I mean, I saw friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in people's blood. I was catching people as they fell.\"

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PHOTO: U.S. Capitol Police Officer Pfc. Harry Dunn embraces U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards after her testimony during the hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack, in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2022.
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\"It was carnage,\" she continued. \"It was chaos. I can't even describe what I saw, never in my wildest dreams did I think as a police officer, as a law enforcement officer, I would find myself in the middle of a battle.\"

Edwards was knocked unconscious during an altercation with rioters -- a moment captured on video that aired during the hearing -- but returned to duty at the Capitol's west terrace. She was also later hit with pepper spray and tear gas.

Teasing what's to come

The House select committee will hold five more hearings this month. The next one is Monday at 10 a.m.

That hearing, Cheney said, will focus on how Trump and his team knew he had lost the election but continued to spread false claims about fraud and unsuccessfully litigated the matter in court.

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PHOTO: A view of the room as the U.S House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol holds its first public hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2022.
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At the third hearing, slated for June 15, the committee plans to argue that Trump planned to replace Barr so the Department of Justice could act on his false election claims. Cheney said he even went so far as to offer Jeff Clark, an environmental lawyer at the DOJ, the role of acting attorney general.

The fourth hearing is expected to focus on Trump’s pressure campaign to get Pence not to certify the 2020 election. Pence refused and has repeatedly said he never had the authority to do so, despite Trump's claim.

Trump’s efforts to halt the counting of electoral votes at the state level will be the focus of the fifth hearing.

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