she wanted Trump to come to the Capitol so that she could "punch him out." She added, "And I’m going to go to jail, and I’m going to be happy.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., On the day of the attack on the U.S Capitol she hoped former President Donald Trump would composite so that she could "Punch him out." Documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi's daughter, captured the moment and many others on Jan. 6 in footage shot for HBO and first obtained by CNN. It was played a few hours after the House select committee investigating the attack, during its ninth hearing Thursday. More clips show Pelosi talking to other staff as crowds began to amass at the Capitol. Chief of staff Terri McCullough, informs the speaker that the Secet Service had prevented Trump from going to Capitol Hill to join. "They told him they don't have the resources to protect him here," McCullough says. "So at the moment, he is not coming, but that could change." "I hope he comes, I want to punch him out. This is my moment. I’ve been waiting for this. For trespassing on the Capitol grounds. I want to punch him out, and I’m going to go to jail, and I’m going to be happy." Pelosi responds. CNN aired a video, similar to the one played during the hearing, featuring Pelosi and other congressional leaders as they scrambled to get help as the Capitol was under siege. The video at the hearing also showed Pelosi speaking to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam in which she wondered if he could deploy his state’s National Guard troops to the Capitol. She told Northam that House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., was making the same request of Maryland's Gov. Larry Hogan. Schumer and Pelosi were also seen on the phone with acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen asking for him to get Trump to call off his supporters.
Eventually, members returned to the Capitol at little after 7 p.m. to finish the process.
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