Pete Souza: "Subpoena the official White House photos of 45 on 1-6-21

[Tanuki]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYYxrDWrA-c/?hl=en

"Ten years ago today. January 6, 2012 at 3:13PM. President Obama during a national security meeting in the Situation Room. ⁣
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I wish that I could say “swipe to see a picture of the 45th president on January 6, 2021 at the same time." But we’ve never seen any pictures of him while the insurrection took place. ⁣
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What was he doing that day at 3:13PM? Was he in the White House bunker? No. According to news reports, he was gleefully watching the insurrection take place live on a big screen TV in the Oval Office private dining room. ⁣
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Has the January 6 House committee subpoenaed the official White House photographs from that afternoon? ⁣
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If the photographs exist, all of them should have been sent to the National Archives at the end of the administration. ⁣
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If the photographs don’t exist, why not?⁣"

[Walleye]

1. Yes!Make it happen

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[lame54]

3. I want video of...

One of his infamous temper tantrums

[smb]

7. I Wonder If There's Video Of...

...him repeatedly watching the attack on TV while stroking his little mushroom.

[Probatim]

15. Not the image I'd like to see - or even think of.

[Jerry2144]

16. Thank you

Free birth control for all of us. Just think of that whenever you have the urge. Better than a cold shower.


Ugh. Where’s the brain bleach?

[MagickMuffin]

4. Operative words: all of them should have been sent to the National Archives at the end of the admin

I'd love to know how many records were ever sent the the National Archives!

[Budi]

5. There actually was a short video from someone's phone making the rounds,

but it'd take a eearch to locate it again if it's still out there.
Looked like an office party & no one was showing much serious concern for what was on the TV. Quite the opposite actually.

Whomever has that clip should send it back online, & to the J6 committee.

FACTCHECKING:

THE Video is real but was taken BEFORE the storming of the Capitol.

It does reveal who was all in the tent set up for the celebration rally.

Video of Trump family in tent was filmed before Capitol riot

Trump his family, and more watching the riot at the Capitol,” read a post with the video that was viewed a million times on Twitter and shared by prominent figures including the filmmaker Judd Apatow.

“Trump and his crime family we’re watching the staged coup attempt with Gloria playing in the background,” read another widespread tweet with the video. “Arrest them now!”

But these posts misrepresent the video, which was filmed well before the Capitol riot.

The video clearly shows Trump, his family and colleagues watching scenes of the crowd at a rally to decry the Electoral College results that happened at Freedom Plaza earlier in the day. On the screen, the “SAVE AMERICA MARCH” banner that hung during the event is visible with a crowd standing in front of it.

The screen shows no violence, nor does it show rioters entering the Capitol building.

The song “Gloria” in the background is another clue — the song played at the rally before the president took the stage. It can be heard at the 2.5-hour mark in a YouTube video of the event.
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https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-afs:Content 916360242


All this says is they watched the rally & perhaps tgey all watched the storming of the building that followed. Either way, they either stayed to watch or left to a more secure place.

Because they had already put in place the events to follow the rally.
They KNEW what was about to happen that day. After the rally.

[fwvinson]

9. Is that the video that had Jr.'s whorer doing the lap dance while watching the insurrection?

[ShazzieB]

22. Interesting.

I did not know until now that a song played before the rally had lyrics like "I think you've got to slow down before you start to blow it, I think you're headed for a breakdown, so be careful not to show it."

Odd choice!

[NonPC]

25. Yep - Gloria

By Laura Brannigan...

[mahina]

23. Didn't Patti Smith start that song off "Jesus died for somebody sins but not mine?

[Mister Ed]

33. Different song, but same title. n/t

[colorado_ufo]

39. I seem to remember that it was partially a celebration of Don Jr.'s birthday.

[jcgoldie]

42. That video was taken before he spoke at the rally

The incriminating footage would be what he was doing for 187 minutes DURING the rally.

[Budi]

43. Toobining

[Pachamama]

47. Link no longer working

[WarGamer]

6. Were photographs taken?

[maxsolomon]

34. I kind of doubt it.

I don't think Trump wanted a Pete Souza-style photog trailing him taking snaps when he was busy criming.

He preferred staged photo opps where he could fake smile and thumb-up and make sure his fake hair wasn't seen from behind or above or whatever wasn't flattering to his monstrous ego.

[SheilaAnn]

8. I saw photos of he and Ivanka watching the insurrection happening, don't know which room but he was

looking quite pleased. Think I saw those pics right here on DU..

[Budi]

10. Yes the video is real but was taken during the speech rally, BEFORE the innsurection at the Capitol

I edited it into my post #5

Doesn't matter of it was before or during, they all knew what had been set in motion & what was about to go down at the Capitol.

They organized it!
They were watchjng it all from somewhere.
The video id's Meadows, Trump family & others

[SheilaAnn]

11. Thanks Budi. n/t

[Pachamama]

46. They were excited

I remember when I first saw that video, it struck me that they were celebrating and excited.

They were watching the beginning of the planned insurrection.

Video and photos of the rest of the day will show that even clearer.

[Frustratedlady]

41. I was just thinking of that the other day, but couldn't remember if they were looking at

TV after the rally or before. I know Donnie's doll was there putting on a show and quite a few others. It seemed like they had a table of snacks.

Maybe it was Melania's secretary, or whomever. I just remember the atmosphere being celebratory, probably by the crowds.

[mjvpi]

12. The fact that Trump wasn't evacuated from DC is all the proof I need.

The Capital is under attack. Shouldn’t he have been spirited away to an undisclosed location? No, 1/6 was his move. He was in charge. No problem.

[Delmette2.0]

18. Good point.

[crickets]

19. This. nt

[Joinfortmill]

13. 👍

[brooklynite]

14. Why would there be photographs?

Photographers take pictures at official functions. Not during "executive time".

[MontanaMama]

17. White House photographers don't just take pictures at official functions.

Or were you being facetious?

[brooklynite]

20. They take casual photos on approval of the President or First Lady...

...when have you ever seen a photo of Trump watching Fox News in the morning?

[Beaverhausen]

44. If you haven't followed Pete Souza on social media, you should

his photos of Obama are amazing.

https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/pete-souza/obama-an-intimate-portrait/9780316512589/

The official WH photographer is around the president all day taking photos.

[brooklynite]

45. Obama's policy was not Trump's policy.

[NJCher]

21. right

That's how we got those adorable photos of John-John around JFK's desk.

Lot of human interest photos.

Now, re trump, does anyone recall those photos of trump and kimberley guilfoyle and trump's sons among many partying while the insurrection raged on? Those are around the net somewhere.

on edit:

post upthread says it didn't show the rioters. I seem to recall that now.

[spanone]

24. Yes! Thank you

[tanyev]

26. Interview the kitchen staff!

How many buckets of Diet Coke and bowls of snacks did you have to take in to the Orange Menace on the afternoon of Jan. 6?

[calimary]

27. Yep! Definitely!

[DallasNE]

28. Subpoena The Wh Photographer

He would have backed up all of his photographs I would expect. I would also expect the archive to be in possession of the CD card with the original.

[justgamma]

29. Was there A WH photographer?

I'm not tfg guy even had one. Has there ever been even one candid picture taken or seen?

[Achilleaze]

30. Excellent idea

Expose the Republican traitors.

[DownriverDem]

31. What was trump doing?

“He was in the dining room gleefully watching on his TV as he often did, [saying] ‘Look at all the people fighting for me’, hitting rewind, watching it again, that’s all that I know,” she said. Trump aid Stephanie Grisham (The Independent)

[Texaswitchy]

32. They were hoping for violence.

The fools who attacked the the capital were cannon fodder.

[Blue Owl]

35. Portraits of Putin's Pampered, Pompous Pantload

[Poiuyt]

36. Who owns the photos?

I assume they are the property of the federal government and reside in the Federal Archives. I doiubt Trump can block their release, especially if they've been subpoenaed.

On the other hand, it isn't a ccrime for him to be watching TV. The DOJ would have to make case about his inaction.

[karin_sj]

37. A very good point

Someone has some explaining to do

[left-of-center2012]

38. It was probably eating Big Macs and KFC

[Budi]

40. With all the data flying between the idiots personal phones,

..there's a good chance the J6 comm has already got some revealing proof.
Videos, texts, etc..

Can't imagine the pages of creepy phone data the J6 had to view 😬

[Justice matters.]

48. Since the orange fascist is fighting so hard to keep the National Archives files secret...

There might be a few pics in them.

[SeattleVet]

49. Love Pete Souza.

His book, 'Shade' was a masterclass on how to skewer TFG by comparing him with President Barack Obama.

[Johnny2X2X]

50. I guarantee there is video of him laughing and cheering the insurrectionists

Probably high fiving his son, probably yucking it up and asking people if he gets to stay President if they kill Pence and a bunch of members of Congress.